Ask HN: Back-end or front-end for non-programmers?

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I have never done any coding. I am new to this field. I want to learn coding for building web app. I am completely new to programming. Should I start learning back-end or front-end stack? Where should I start?

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learn basic programming. I would suggest javascript, not because it's a great language(it's not), but it will transfer to both. And you can learn another language once you understand basic programming.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_start...

I say put out the $30 and try a structured course like the one below. Once you finish that course you should know enough to start focusing on where you want to go with your development. Otherwise I would just search on YouTube.

https://www.udemy.com/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

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