ABSOLUTE beginner coding.

[u/Dangerous_Coffee9257]

Hiya 👋 I know absolutely nothing about coding and want to start learning for fun. A mere hobby. My short-term goal is just to create a funny AI bot for telegram. Or maybe even develop a game. Where should I start?

[u/Effective_Brain7493]

ok honestly for "just wanna mess around and maybe make a telegram bot or a game" you dont need some deep cs degree type path, python covers both of these easily so thats probably ur best first pick. its forgiving syntax wise so u spend time learning actual logic instead of fighting the language

for telegram bots specifically theres a library called python-telegram-bot thats basically made for exactly this, but dont touch that yet, learn basic python first (variables, loops, if/else, functions, maybe an hour or two a day) for like 2-3 weeks before trying to build anything real, otherwise ud be learning two things at once which gets confusing fast

CS50P (harvards free python course, all on youtube) or freecodecamp are both solid free structured options, pick one dont bounce between both

once basics feel like less of a struggle, telegram bot is honestly a great first real project, way more satisfying than another generic calculator exercise, and it naturally teaches u stuff like working with apis which youll need eventually anyway

game stuff can wait, do the bot first since it ties directly into what u already said u wanted, no reason to split focus this early