Can you start learning coding without having a computer?

Question

Just saying.

Answer 1

well , Bill gates did that with the BASIC language

Answer 2

Currently you can. There are many tools to use your phone tablet as a development environment, but you must bear in mind that all have their limitations compared to a PC.

If you have the opportunity I would recommend buying a Raspberry Pi, for a really reasonable price you can have one plus a keyboard and a mouse.

Answer 3

Yes, you can. But your only way to practice would be "Code Playground".

NOTHING STOPS YOU FROM LEARNING!

Answer 4

To add to what Razvan said, there are also a couple of apps that you can find in the store. To code in Python on my Android phone I use Pydroid for example. So, you might want to look into the apps store too... Happy coding!

Answer 5

Not an answer, but a solution: You can get a PC. Business sell off old PCs for under $50 USD. You could also bin dive and get one free. I have a laptop a friend threw away. It's a single core 1.7GHz Celeron. 13+ years old and still runs.

Before you think "Windows won't run on that!" remember Linux, Debian in this case. You can install Debian on any i386-compatible CPU. You don't need an X server (graphics, windows, etc) as there are even text mode web browsers. Nano is a great little code editor once you get to using it. Debian is a very stable, low resource, awesome OS. If you have no internet, you can ask someone to download the full Debian software collection on optical disks so you'll be able to install new packages without a connection.

Anyone can have a PC these days. Maybe it's a 952MHz 512MB machine, but it'll actually run graphics mode if you use a window manager like Fluxbox. If it runs WinXP, it'll handle a Fluxbox Xsession.

Answer 6

Mickel Sánchez 's idea about the Raspberry Pi is the best (in my opinion), as it's a very streamlined system, that's snappy and great for coding. Also easy to do embedded projects.

Answer 7

You're asking a question about something you're already doing (c++ tutorial started).

Answer 8

It's a bit like learning to be a car mechanic without access to a car... but equally if someone was forced to learn ONLY theory before ever seeing a car, or a computer, it could make them amazing, as they could learn theory on a very deep level.

Answer 9

Right, I misunderstood you. A mobile phone IS a computer!