[ducttape12]

I'm a fan of learning enough to know how to get going, then just start building. In the process of building you'll get stuck and have to look for answers.

As for are there better tools, I don't know what your needs are. Is this for fun? Do you have a budget? Are you doing this for resume building? It's not a question of what's "best", but rather what's best for your needs.

[fakedang]

It's actually just to get a relatively shallow level of understanding of how the basic development of an app is carried out. I've had past coding experience in C++, Python and R, but somehow the intricacies involved with building an app, launching it and getting it to speed escape me.