From Zero and Confused, This Is How I Started Learning to Code
The article recounts the author's journey of learning to code, starting from a place of confusion and overwhelm. Initially trying various programming languages without a clear focus, the author eventually found success by concentrating on HTML and CSS. After several months of consistent practice, the author gained confidence and the ability to build functional websites.
- ▪The author began learning to code in late 2024, feeling overwhelmed by the variety of programming languages available.
- ▪After a chaotic start, the author decided to focus on HTML and CSS, which provided immediate visual results.
- ▪With persistence and the right resources, the author progressed to JavaScript and eventually React.js, gaining confidence along the way.
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| Original publisher | DEV.to (Top) |
| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/luminszn/from-zero-and-confused-this-is-how-i-started-learning-to-code-317c |
| Publication time | Sun, 24 May 2026 19:26:58 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-24T19:37:34.010Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-24T19:37:34.010Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | reNIiTSHka5I · 3 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3949479) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } DAFFA AHMAD AL ATTAS Posted on May 24 From Zero and Confused, This Is How I Started Learning to Code #webdev #programming #productivity #beginners I still remember that night so clearly. I was sitting alone in my room, laptop on, coffee already cold on the table. I opened YouTube and typed “learn coding for beginners.” Within minutes, I was completely overwhelmed. One video said start with Python, another pushed JavaScript, and some even recommended jumping straight into React.
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