Two years ago I started learning to code by making an Islamic app
Assalamualaikum everyone.
Two years ago I started learning coding. I didn't have any background in it, so I wanted to learn by actually making something instead of just following tutorials.
I decided to make an Islamic app, and that became Islam24.
I started from basically nothing and just kept adding things as I learned. At the beginning the app was very simple and a lot of the code was honestly terrible 😂. As I learned more, I kept going back and rewriting things.
Somehow two years later I'm still working on the same project. It's changed a lot from what I originally started with, and now it's something I can actually consider a proper app rather than just a project I made while learning.
One thing I always wanted was for it to stay free and without ads. I also didn't want to collect people's data unnecessarily, so I tried to keep most things on the device and make an account completely optional.
I never really planned for this to become such a long-term project. I originally just wanted something to learn coding with.
Looking back, it's probably one of the best decisions I made when I started learning.