Christov

A drawer full of emergency makeshift weapons? Yes. Also a junk drawer? Yes, more than one.

+1 for notesnook, self hosting coming soon

Like others have said it depends on the field you want to code for and language choice. The field might inform your language choice.

I’d highly recommend python as your first if you’re just looking to get stuck in. It’ll teach good fundamentals, it doesn’t have a steep learning curve and it has a very wide set of applications plus loads of community support. This website is what I recommend to anyone wanting to learn python: https://futurecoder.io/

Good luck!

You’re right! I missed it somehow

I also tried Joplin and while it’s great while using it, there’s no background sync and never will be. That’s a huge pain when you’re mobile and need to get at your notes but have little or no signal.

I’ve been getting on well with notesnook, the self hosting is in beta right now but its just a docker container. Docs are coming for self hosting in the near future.

https://notesnook.com/

The criteria for me when I was looking for a notes app were:

• self hosted
• e2e encrypted
• supports images and other rich media as well as text
• can use markdown for text formatting
• supports mobile as well as some desktop interface
• can make lists with checkable boxes
• background sync

Notesnook hits all of these. I wish it had a dedicated desktop app but that’s something I can just use a browser window for.

Seeding! Thanks for doing this.

Did this when driving abroad, my partner also didnt notice and had to remind me.

+1 for github, ive used the project and discussion features before and they integrate nicely. You can join it all together with pull requests as well.