5 apps that help young coders increase productivity  

Young coders often struggle with productivity, a non-negotiable aspect for the successful completion of any project. This is where productivity apps come in handy. They help budding coders enhance their efficiency and further their learning. Here’s a list of 5 such apps. 

Habitica 
Habitica is a free habit-building and productivity app that can be used by budding programmers. It is an interactive app that treats coding and programming like a real-life game. It is designed to convert the abstract idea of focussing away from unnecessary habits into something which is fruitful. In this case, that ‘fruitful something’ is coding and programming. With this app, you can keep track of your daily projects as well as your progress.  

Cold turkey 
This app is one of the toughest website blockers on the internet. It blocks the users out of all the websites, apps and games one doesn’t want to be distracted by. This, in turn, will help them focus on coding and programming. It is also secured, that is, it doesn’t collect or store private information and is also free of cost.  

VS Code 
Visual Studio Code, popularly known as VS Code, is a productivity app developed by Microsoft. It is a streamlined source-code editor, that is, it helps support development operations such as debugging, task running and version control. It is beginner-friendly and helps youngsters who are getting started with HTML and CSS languages. It’s also an effective IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that helps provide comprehensive facilities for software development.  

GitHub Copilot 
GitHub Copilot is an AI-based tool developed by tech giants GitHub and OpenAI to assist coders and programmers by autocompleting code. In fact, it is best known for helping beginners and young programmers write code faster and with minimal effort. One of its USPs is that it can draw context from inputs entered, use them to form codes on its own, and even suggest individual coding solutions and functions instantly.  

Notion 
Notion, also known as the all-in-one productivity solution is a popular and flexible tool to enhance the efficiency of coders, be it beginners or experts. It is a multi-purpose app for writing repository (for notes and wikis), task management, creating a work calendar. This app also acts an effective database. It is extensively used for organising thoughts, projects and information while coding and programming.