If you write one functional line of code I’ll be surprised
most people create these threads but don’t follow through. You hate to see it.
this is facts
it takes hours and years to be a competent programmer unless you're a wunderkind of some sorts
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this is facts
it takes hours and years to be a competent programmer unless you're a wunderkind of some sorts
I wouldn't do React Native just yet.. Theres companies who develop a napp and release on 1 platform in the beginning. Generally iOS apps make way more money.
Pick YOUR native system first. Keep it simple
You got a Macbook? Download Xcode . You got a Windows laptop? Download Android Studio. Its the simple
Then make something light. Make a app that shows a pic when u click the button. Make a app that shows random Spongebob quotes
Then make a calculator or something
Pick YOUR native system first. Keep it simple
You got a Macbook? Download Xcode . You got a Windows laptop? Download Android Studio. Its the simple
Then make something light. Make a app that shows a pic when u click the button. Make a app that shows random Spongebob quotes
Then make a calculator or something
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DigitalDopeman
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I guess you can say im a wonderkid then....I don't consider myself to be anywhere near an average joe on no level . Not saying it will be something easy to learn....I also know how I think and what im capable of as ive learned and taught myself some complicated shxt over the years. Not sure if ill make this particular app myself....but I def plan on adding this skill to my repertoire tho
Yeah your interest level is most important, you don't need years to start building useful things. Plenty of people, including myself, been programming since their teens or even younger. Obviously when you start your code quality won't be great and you get better over time like anything. Best to just start with a simple tutorial or course, then start building what you want and look stuff up as you go and learn theory later when you have context from building stuff.
I’ve been studying about a year and some change. Just graduated the Flatiron school Software engineering program In Atlanta a few weeks ago before the world went nuts. I understand the front and backend, so that’s everything from databases to design.
if you really want to learn, you can’t really put a time frame on it. Go with a pro if you need it sooner rather than later
if you really want to learn, you can’t really put a time frame on it. Go with a pro if you need it sooner rather than later
BasketCase
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Don't listen to these people. I'm a self-taught developer and I was able to build useful applications within six months.
DigitalDopeman
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What language did you first start with? and what made you get into coding/programming, did you have an idea that you wanted to make? what are some things you made with the language u started with?
just curiosity about how computers work. started with python, since it's a very beginner friendly language in terms of the syntax.
some languages are more verbose than others, and some languages require you to know more about how a computer works to use them properly. For example with C or C++, you are often explicitly dealing with low level details like allocating and freeing blocks of memory to store data, dealing with memory addresses. Python is a higher level language that abstracts away these details. It's a language actually implemented in C.
didnt really build much with Python other than some random scripts to interact with files or scrape web pages and dump the info into a file on my computer and analyze it.
then did a React Native course because I wanted to build an app to display sports scores using data from the internet and wanted it to work on iOS and Android with the same code, instead of learning 2 different languages for each. then studied CS, did internships, etc.
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DigitalDopeman
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I aint listening to the negative talk....im far from an average thinker. nikkas be thinkin that everybody is average like everybody they know.....nawl not me
DigitalDopeman
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I might just do that for this project, I still wanna learn myself also. What language did you learn in school? have you made anything yet?
DigitalDopeman
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dope, im gonna need a feature like that , that keeps track of sports results.
We learned ruby and rails for backend database management and react.js on the frontend. The languages themselves aren’t as important understanding the logic. Learning how to learn a language allows you the flexibility to pick up another.
It seems like you want an app and not a website which means you may be dealing with tables databases as well as the app functionality, so you’ll need to learn a frontend language and a backend language.
If you’ve never programmed before, Ruby then Ruby on Rails. Once you get a hang of that learn some HTML and css. Then hit JavaScript. Once you understand JavaScript go to react and react native.
This is the answer. Rep this man.
yep.
i went down the swift route, am pretty good at i, have an app that will crack 10k downloads by end of year at its current projectory but I’m kicking myself cause i spent all this time learning sometime that only works on one platform
dont make the mistake i did!
DigitalDopeman
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what platform did you make your app for?