How do you learn to code with zero experience?
Start on an interactive platform where you write code in the browser from minute one (Codecademy is the friendliest), pick one language (Python for general use, JavaScript for the web), and build tiny projects of your own as fast as possible. Thirty minutes daily beats a marathon weekend.
The classic beginner mistake is binge-watching videos without typing. Coding is learned in the fingers, which is why interactive platforms work best: on Codecademy and DataCamp you write real code in the browser from the first minute, with instant feedback. No installation frustration, no passive watching.
The language choice matters less than beginners fear: concepts transfer. Python is the most common first language (readable, broadly useful, the language of data and AI); JavaScript is the natural start if websites are your goal. Pick one and stay with it for at least three months; switching languages is procrastination in disguise.
After the basics comes the real learning: building something no course holds your hand through. A small calculator, your own site, a script that automates a boring task. That is where you learn to debug, search, and persist, the skills that are the actual job. Udemy is gold in this phase: a complete project course for the price of lunch during the sales.