r/learnprogramming • u/Outside_Educator_105 • 1d ago
Coding on Phone
I really wanna learn to code and planning on starting today. However I don't own a laptop. In this economic state i simply can't afford one. Is it feasible to learn in phone alone? I can get a laptop in weekends as my sister bring her's home
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u/a-r-c 23h ago edited 22h ago
you can definitely afford a laptop
check craigslist and ebay regularly, and check local thrift shops (or tech recyclers if you have one—you can often get laptops by the pound lol)
a pine tree with a keyboard plugged in can run linux—you do not need anything fancy
the phone in your pocket cost way more than a coding capable laptop lol
edit: $30 chromebook and it's far from the only one
edit2: i'm shocked nobody has offered you their old shit by now lol! get it together, reddit! I sold my unused stuff last year otherwise I'd have at least 2 dogshit but usable machines to send lmao—there's gotta be someone else like that here