How did you learn to build your first software?

2 points·jacksng··4 comments

Share your experience here. What did you build? And how did you learn to build?

Sounds silly but it was on a calculator using basic. It was an old CASIO PB-100.

I had a book that taught me how to program it, eventually I made an organiser that was password protected, and a slot machine.

I am a no code founder who had some success. Now, I am thinking of learning how to code and to build some real SaaS products. Any advice on where and how I can go about learning?

These are in no order.

- Start small. Build many small things fast.

- Pick a framework that you like - my two recommended are either Laravel (php) or Django (Python). If you wanted to build something in C++ then I would recommend Qt Framework

- Depending how you learn, you can easily find documentation, YouTube videos, courses etc on nearly every single language.

- Go to meet ups - depending where you live you might have a meet up for web development, or a meet up for a particular language you are trying to master. Talking to people could help solve issues that you are experiencing

- Persistence - it took me years to get where I am now. Even then I am not quiet there yet and still have a lot more to learn myself. I have to persistently teach myself new things to get ahead of the job market

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it!

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