The latest articles on DEV Community by JJ Lowery (@jjincredible). https://dev.to/jjincredible https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F564989%2F0e419f59-cd53-4e97-9f75-feb2a91e54d6.jpeg https://dev.to/jjincredible en JJ Lowery Fri, 22 Jan 2021 06:01:12 +0000 https://dev.to/jjincredible/just-getting-started-19gf https://dev.to/jjincredible/just-getting-started-19gf <p>I’m just getting started as a programmer. I’ve been trying to learn for years but I struggled to wrap my head around the odd formatting of code. </p> <p>I recently got really into spreadsheet formulas and saw a guy format his formulas like code, and all of a sudden, everything I had learned about coding “clicked.”</p> <p>I have some ideas for apps and I’m going to build them now that I understand how this works. I’m now just trying to decide if I’m going to learn Swift (and Xcode), JavaScript, React, or Python. I’m leaning towards React since it seems simplest and fastest to get a functional app up and running without having to spend a ton of time learning Xcode or complicated syntax. </p> swift reactnative javascript python