Do not skip ahead

One line. One result. Then confidence.

If you open a big app-builder first, you will see fifty buttons and feel lost. Termux is simpler. Walk these stages in order. Later rooms stay closed until the typing feels ordinary.

Begin Stage 0 20-minute checklist

The six stages

Stage 0

Get the phone ready

Version, storage, battery, and the two settings you will meet.

Begin here → Stage 1

Install F-Droid

The right store, so Termux is not the broken Play Store copy.

Install the store → Stage 2

Termux and Termux:API

The typed room, the helper app, and the first install commands.

Open the terminal →

Stage 3

Commands and hello.py

Filing-cabinet moves, then a three-line program that talks back.

Type the first file → Stage 4

Git

Save-history. Snapshots. No account required.

Take a snapshot → Stage 5

One phone IDE

A real app with one button. Only after Python files feel normal.

Pick one builder →

An 8-week pace. Soft, not a test.

One sitting a day is enough. Soft, not a test. Open the week-by-week page.

Week 1

Install tools. Run hello.py. That is the whole week if you need it.

Week 2

Variables, if/else, loops, lists. One small script a day.

Week 3

Functions, files, and one Termux:API script such as battery.

Week 4

Git snapshots plus one slightly bigger Python idea.

Week 5

More Python, or gentle HTML, or only clicking around in an IDE.

Week 6

First Hello app. Learn what a screen, a button, and a build error are.

Week 7

Button plus text that changes. Every error goes into Grok.

Week 8

One finished mini-app you can show a friend. Then choose a direction.