For a while now I have been looking
to get into coding, but I had one major barrier: I didn't have a pc. It took a while but I eventually dipped my hand into my accounts (hive and my bank) and forked out enough to get myself a decent PC. I got the PC a couple weeks ago, but I got distracted by all the other things I could do now that I owned a pc. It was at the back of my mind that I needed to start learning coding, but I kept pushing it back a bit. Yesterday however I decided to focus and actually know what I'm about to get into.

A while back I read a conversation on a discord server between a well known hive dev and someone who wanted to start learning at the time, and he said he learnt coding online without having to pay for any masterclass. I also have a cousin who knows how to code, unfortunately he's not close by, but he told me that If I was serious I could get everything I needed to know online.

I've watched a couple videos online on the things I need to know before embarking on this journey and I'm quite confident and motivated that I can do it. I signed up on freecodecamp and I think that is the route I'll follow as a lot of the videos I've watched keep recommending the site. I am about to start but I'm faced with the question I'm sure some people in this community were probably faced with:

WHAT LANGUAGE DO I LEARN FIRST?

Yesterday I was leaning towards starting with Python when I was told It's best to learn HTML and CSS first If I want to learn Javascript. But then today I realized that for frontend development (which is where I want to start) It's Important to make use of JAVASCRIPT. I've asked one or two people who know how to code what they think, and I've gotten various opinions. I remembered I have a whole community of devs here on hive, so I decided I'd ask here tonight. At the moment I'm currently leaning towards Javascript, meaning I'll start with Html, then Css and then Javascript, but it's nice to hear what a community of experienced or even amateur coders think about this.

I'm a bit nervous and excited as tomorrow I start my journey. I'll probably be visiting this community a lot from now on. I'm wondering how many times I'll be frustrated, or have a headache. I'm also wondering about all the things I'll learn to build with code. I'm hoping I'm strong willed and dedicated enough, wish me luck.

~THANKS FOR READING~