How hard is it to code an app?

Building an app is an exciting journey, but it comes with its own set of challenges, especially for beginners.
It can range from moderately challenging to highly complex, depending on several key factors:

1. Your Technical Expertise: If you have no prior coding experience, traditional app development can feel overwhelming at the start. You would need to start from square one: learn programming languages, frameworks, backend infrastructure, and UI/UX design principles.
2. App Functionality: The complexity of your app matters. A simple to-do list app is much easier to build than a fully-featured marketplace with user authentication, payment processing, and real-time data.
3. Development Tools: Coding an app can take months to learn, but no-code and low-code platforms like WeWeb allow beginners to build functional apps in weeks using visual tools and pre-built templates.

Yeah with the advent of AI you’ll be able to build much much faster 🤯. But as a beginner replying solely on AI may not be the best starting point for future success.

While modern tools have made app development more accessible than ever, there are still key obstacles that every aspiring app creator must navigate:

1. Building a User-Friendly Interface
2. Setting Up the Backend
3. Integrating External Services
4. Debugging & Problem Solving

Read the complete article to go in depth about the difficulties of building an app and how to overcome them. Also learn how first-time app creators: Artem and Jane, successfully built their own apps without prior coding experience.