I know how to code in JavaScript and Python, and I’m willing to learn more, but I honestly don’t know what to code or where to code.

I learned programming in school, but I was never really taught how to take the code I write and actually turn it into something useful. We made one website and mostly used Code.org, but that was about it. Now I want to start programming again, but I have no idea what programs, websites, or tools I should use to actually write and run my code outside of Code.org.

I also don’t really know what projects I should start with. I love video games, and I’d really like to learn how to make my own games, but I have no idea what I need to learn, what software I should use, or what my first game should even be.

I really want to get back into coding and start building things instead of just doing school assignments, but I’m not sure where to begin. I’d like to know what I should download, where I should code, what I should learn first, and some beginner-friendly projects I can work on — especially if I want to eventually make games.

Also im sorry if this is a very weird issue

I'm a 4th year B.Tech CSE (AIML) student, and I'm honestly feeling pretty lost right now

The problem is that I'm reaching out to people who don't have a proper understanding of what I'm going through

Right now, I'm in a situation where I have no idea how to proceed with my studies and career

I think the best way to introduce myself here is to say that I'm currently in my 4th year of studying B.Tech CSE (AIML) and I have almost no practical skills in programming and computer science

I've learned a lot of the core concepts like Python, Java, SQL, DBMS, OOP, DSA, Web development, AI/ML, etc and I've had my share of attending classes, watching lecture videos, learning by myself, taking online courses

There is a huge difference between knowing theoretical concepts and being able to apply them to practice

A person can come up to me and ask me something like

«Do you know Python?»

and I would say yes, because I studied it for 2 years in college

But when they give me a blank file and a task to accomplish, I find it extremely hard to do so

Sometimes I can understand existing code with others explanations, recognize concepts and terms, but when it comes to actually writing something myself, I'm clueless about what to do

What should I do? How should I break the problem into smaller parts? What concepts should I apply here? What should I write/debug/test? And so on and so forth

And this list of problems is only a fraction of what I have to deal with

I've tried multiple times to tackle this problem by starting over

I've taken up courses

I've tried to learn by doing projects

I've tried to learn programming from scratch again

I've tried using roadmaps

I've tried to do projects by following tutorials

But there's always that initial excitement, then the impatience sets in, and eventually I reach a point where I just can't proceed anymore and I have to abandon the project/course

My problem here is not that there are no resources

It's that I don't know what to do first

I don't know how to proceed, what to learn, and what to ignore

I don't know the depth of knowledge I should gain for each topic

I don't know what projects to make

I don't know how to measure understanding of a concept or topic

And I'm not even sure how to prioritize between these factors

Right now, I'm in my 4th year and I don't have that luxury of time to randomly try out different stacks and technologies

I'm genuinely motivated to improve, but I need help figuring out how

I'm not looking for anyone to spoon feed me the answers

I'm willing to put in the hard work, even if it takes me a while

I'm just looking for someone who has the experience to look at my case and tell me something like

"These are the problems you're facing. This is where you are in your journey. Forget about these things for now. First, do this → then do this → then do this. Don't worry about X before you reach Y."

I'm looking for experienced seniors, freshers, developers, and mentors who can recognize my case and help me somehow

If you were in my situation, with almost no practical programming skills, what will you do?

- What will you learn first?

- What language/stack will you choose?

- How will you re-learn programming fundamentals?

- How will you learn DSA?

- What projects will you make?

- How will you divide your time between placements, DSA, development, and fundamentals?

- What things will you avoid learning for now?

I'm not looking for a generic answer like "learn DSA + dev + make projects"

I'm looking for someone to give a realistic vision of how someone with almost no practical skills can reach the level of being eligible for placements, and if possible, how to practically implement that vision without getting stuck in a loop again

Any realistic opinion is welcome, even if it's a brutal one

And if you're someone who can give me mentorship and guidance every once in a while, I'm open to that too

I’m currently gold on USACO. Is it possible to go from gold to plat in 2 months? I was already practicing a lot during summer. I really want this for my uni apps.

I was just curious, but I am a self taught solo developer. I do freelance work but have never directly worked in the tech industry. If I find myself needing to look up answers for simple basic concepts every few months am I still considered a programmer? Is that what most of the real world application of a software developer is? Mostly just finding the answer, not necessarily being the best coder who remembers everything about coding? Just curious.

#define SERVO_STOP 92
lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(2, 0);
lcd.print("INCORRECTO :(");
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.print(" Intentalo! ");

digitalWrite(PIN_LED_ROJO, HIGH); // ← Encender

miServo.write(92); delay(300);
miServo.write(180); delay(300);
miServo.write(0); delay(500);
miServo.write(180); delay(500);
miServo.write(0); delay(500);
miServo.write(90); delay(500);
miServo.write (SERVO_STOP);

delay(2200);
digitalWrite(PIN_LED_ROJO, LOW); // ← Apagar
}

I'm totally new to programming and want to learn Python from scratch.

Can anyone drop their favorite YouTube channels or playlists for beginners? Looking for someone who explains things simply and builds fun beginner projects along the way. Both English and Hindi channels are fine.

Hi, I have a bunch of text, that I need to analyse to build a tree map of concepts. The concepts need to be sorted from higher lvls of abstraction to more detailed. For example, the program needs to understand that the idea "I want to create beauty outside of factory-based presets" mentioned in the text is the highest lvl and includes ideas like "I was inspired by Kabuki theater" in itself.

Note: Ideas themselves sometimes aren't presented in the source material bluntly, i.e. the idea of "I want to create beauty outside of factory-based presets" can be mentioned in fragments only that the program also needs to understand and put together.

Are there any available programs or basic frameworks to approach this?

I'm a student applying to MIT soon and need feedback on my limit order book project. Can yall give me some feedback. All help is appreciated.

https://github.com/Bananayt294/My-Limit-Order-Book

Thanks

I kept running into the bottleneck while learning Rust. I could read an explanation of ownership, borrowing, or lifetimes and think, "yeah, that makes sense." But then I would look at a piece of Rust code and suddenly be unsure what was happening or why the compiler was complaining.

Building something more interactive and focused on actually practicing those concepts instead of just reading about them sounded more useful. I made a free(no account is required) site called Cratery with short Rust quizzes based on code snippets. I pick what I think the code does or whether it compiles, use a hint if I get stuck, and then get an explanation afterward. Some questions also include tests, interactive coding editor to understand what is actually happening.

Doing this actually improved my overall Rust knowledge much more than I expected. Having to repeatedly reason through small pieces of code, make predictions before seeing the answer, and understand exactly why I was wrong forced me to connect concepts instead of just recognizing their explanations. After enough of that practice, ownership, borrowing, traits, and other concepts started feeling less like isolated topics I had memorized and more like things I could actually reason about when reading or writing Rust code.

So, instead of reading same pages of documentations, maybe this approach could be a better fit for y'all.

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I have just started getting into coding, and I'm doing this ethical hacking free course. But there's so many softwares, and so forth.

I always seem to forget most of them and have to redo.

I was told I need to try obsidian and create a Github profile to save versions of code or applications.

Can someone give me advice, on this.

I don't have a laptop, have this mobile of 64gb storage.

I have learnt c, c++(dsa), python, sql and html basics, in school.

Now I am in 1st year.

I don't have a budget so waiting 2-3 months for buying a laptop.

Does anyone know how i can export an ipa file from an app store app. I need to recover an users.xml.hash file. Sorry if this doesnt belong here, but i didnt know where to ask

I will preface by apologizing for vibe coding for my first project. AI made it more accessible for me to try making a browser plugin that I thought would be really cool.

At the beginning I got most of the functionality done in the first couple hours. It seemed like wow, this is crazy powerful! Then came the edge cases. Edge cases upon edge cases in a never ending fractal of edge cases.

I apologize if I ever said a feature should already be out, or why is something being ignored.

I want to know from a technical standpoint, how hard would it be to create a small scaled down version of a google or apple maps.

I'm brand new to the world of software, so I just want to know if this is something even worth considering, or is it like asking if I can build TSMC in my basement. Thanks.

I am wondering as i want to make my own game but i dont know where to go as every tutorial i watch just confuses me even more and alot of the tutorials only explain lets say what a variable is and not actual code.

Trying to do a Toyhouse HTML with the black shape as the background, the blue panels being images or text boxes, and finally purple tabs to change the right panel.

Mainly just need help with the black background image to put said panels on top of and auto-resize for desktops (and maybe flip vertically for mobile). Was planning on using the column system like col-lg-3 to do the panels but idk.

Have a bit of experience years ago coding but have experience editng toyhouse codes

I am currently learning JavaScript and running into a bit of a roadblock. I'm starting to understand and master the syntax well, and I generally grasp the logic of what I want to do, but I still struggle with knowing how to practically use the language's features in a real-world situation. Your advice would be very welcome to help me solidify my overall understanding of the language. Thanks in advance to those who reply.