Best way to program on the go with only non-rooted Android without peripherals?

Maybe JuiceSSH to a VM, and Hacker's Keyboard?

I'm also finding my Chromebook with Linux support to be a pretty decent dev machine.

I think start with needles under nails. Jumping immediately to that cruel self-torturing methods might be too much.

You can search for a freelancer and then give instructions using your phone :3

@jallman112 That keyboard was gold worth. Thank you!

Not to.

I can recommend you to look into Sketchware first. It's an app where you can create your own apps with a scratch-like programming language.
This will help you to understand the layout system and some features like activities before you do any actual coding.

@Skayo Yeah, I've tried it, but found it easy too limiting. But thanks :)

<@ScriptCoded>
Whoops just noticed that you've asked for methods on how to code on smartphone in general and not how to code android apps on the go haha.

Well in that case I can recommend you to use Termux + Micro (a command line text editor)

@Skayo I've actually just recently installed Termux, so I'll look up micro :) Thanks!

@Skayo Oh, hey, wait. You mean micro like Nano? Like the actual CLI editor?

<@ScriptCoded>
Yeah it's like nano but better in my opinion

@Skayo What differences though? Always use vim 🤷🏻‍♂️

<@ScriptCoded>
Well then just use vim :)