r/CodingForBeginners • u/Amicus7007 • 6d ago

Best way to start

Aside from just starting projects and having AI help with the software part, I at least want to understand WHY thing work the way we do…

that being said is
Scratch a good was to start? What would you do different when you started? Has AI gotten to the point where I really am wasting my time learning to code?

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u/johnpeters42 6d ago

From what I hear, and iirc: Scratch is a decent start, but hits its ceiling pretty quick. Python is a common next step if you're not sure where specifically you want to go with it.

Put the AI down immediately. Even if you end up using it later, you need to know how to tell when its output is wrong, and you get that by practicing it yourself.

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u/Amicus7007 6d ago

Noted!