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Complete Uber Newb wants to create an audio app for Android/IOS: Where do I begin? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev

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Sorry if this is not the right place to ask this kind of question, my options on Lemmy are kind of limited.

I play around a lot with experimental types of music and have been using a series of poly-rythm soundscapes that I have created for sleep aid. A couple of friends tried out the stuff I created and said it was amazing for sleep and relaxation.

This gave me the idea for an app that created the poly-rythm soundscapes using simple(ish) formulas that allowed the user to change the scale, scale mode, duration, ambient effects, and poly-meter type to suit their preferences.

I am currently injured and am on disability so have all time and boredom in the world to throw into this project.

My entire programming experience was a single semester of Visual Basic in 2003.

Where would I begin to bring something like this into existence? Thanks in advance.

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[–] Kuinox@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

As @eldritch_lich said, react native is a good choice.
Start to learn JS first. Find tutorial in the format you want.
You will have to write useless code for the sake of learning.
Then when you will start to know a bit of JS, you can start to learn html, css, then react. Then you will be able to write your app.
It may sounds like a lot, but:

learning JS can be fun in itself
you don't need to know a lot of html or css to start building your app.
ChatGPT can helps you a lot at building your app, especially for the HTML/CSS part you wont know

[–] ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sweet thanks for laying out a simple progression path.

How good have you found ChatGPT to be? My understanding is that sometimes it's great but other times it's way off base. Then you have to figure out what went wrong and you know how the saying goes "You don't know what you don't know."

[–] knapsackinjury@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

ChatGPT should be plenty good for any foundational questions you have. And asking "how could I improve this code" with a code snippet can give you insight into better ways to do things. If you ask it for broad responses like "write me an app for relaxation sounds", I can guarantee that it won't work, but using it alongside a tutorial when you have questions or get an error can save so much time.

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