I want to learn coding to use Claude code AI to it's full potential

Posted by Objective_Panda8515@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 4 comments

I have now seen a lot of AI videos around Claude AI (Especially Claude code), and it seems to me, that it can be a very great tool to help with projects and visions.

But every time I see Claude code tutorial, they use for example a software like antigravity IDE, and they ALMOST ALWAYS say in the videos "You don't need to know any coding knowledge to use this"
But in my experience I feel that shit is false. Sure you can try and prompt your way around, BUT I feel you can get very lost if you know nothing that the AI is doing especially when I tried using it in Antigravity.

And on top of that it can be very hard to prompt correctly and use it effectively to its full potential if you don't know any code language.

So I've been looking for some videos about learning coding, but it's a REALLY BIG jungle with a lot of coding languages and a million different roads to go.

So I'm looking for help, to which kind of code, coding language and coding terms do I need to learn to use an AI like Claude code to it's full potential?

Please let me know if there is any videos, websites or even courses you guys recommend.

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marrsd@reddit

I think you'll struggle with that approach. Whatever Claude does, you won't have the experience to contradict it. Claude rarely gets things wrong in the moment (although it does that as well sometimes). It's in the cumulative effect of its programming decisions that becomes problematic.

The trouble is, learning to code is not that hard; it's learning to code software that's sustainable and manageable over time that's hard. Hard, as in, it takes years to learn and at least a decade to master. So you're going to have to learn to code without AI for years before you can start using it in the way that you rightly want to.

I'm afraid I don't have any answers for you. I honestly don't know what to recommend to someone in your position. If you're still at it in a few years, report back and tell us how it went!

JoshuaTheProgrammer@reddit

Don’t use AI to learn to code.

Beregolas@reddit

Your intuition is correct, you will get better results if you know what you are doing, just as with any tool.

The way to learn programming really hasn't changed. Get a book, course etc. and follow that. Absolutely no AI! It makes cheating yourself too easy. Learning happens if you struggle, not if you use productivity tools.

you should find a lot of recommendations in the wiki of this sub, and in any of the ten posts that ask this question here dvery day.

Practical_Teacher347@reddit

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