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Self-taught web developer

Morag Lindsay

I’m Morag. I taught myself web development later in life, and I sell small things for people learning to build: cheat sheets, starter kits and two short courses.

Start here

  1. 1Video

    Start here: what to learn first

    Video · 9 min

    Free

  2. Fanned cheat sheet pages with highlighted blocks on a teal board

    2Sheet

    HTML and CSS Sheet

    PDF · 4 pages

    $5

  3. Macro of blurred printed code lines with a highlighter stripe

    3Sheet

    JavaScript Basics Sheet

    PDF · 4 pages

    $5

  4. Front end

    The pages people see and click

    Branches from JavaScript Basics Sheet · Rejoins at Deploy Your First Site

  5. Split frame of a row of boxes and a two-by-two grid

    4Sheet

    CSS Layout Sheet

    PDF · 4 pages

    needs the JavaScript Sheet$5

  6. Laptop screen with blurred buttons, cards and form shapes

    6Kit

    Front-End UI Kit

    Code · 30 pieces

    needs the CSS Layout Sheet$39

  7. Back end

    Data, sign-in and what runs behind

    Branches from JavaScript Basics Sheet · Rejoins at Deploy Your First Site

  8. Hands pinning an arrow diagram sheet onto a corkboard

    5Sheet

    API Basics Sheet

    PDF · 4 pages

    needs the JavaScript Sheet$5

  9. Circuit board, brass key and glasses in a teal still life

    7Kit

    Full-Stack Starter Kit

    Code with sign-in built in

    needs the API Basics Sheet$79

  10. Woman from behind on a hilltop bench with a laptop

    8Course

    Deploy Your First Site

    Course · 7 lessons

    needs both routes$49

  11. Sketchbook of a pencil app wireframe on coral paper

    9Course

    Build a Small Web App

    Course · 8 lessons

    $99

  12. Branching coloured paths splitting and merging

    10Sheet

    Git Sheet

    PDF · 2 pages

    $5

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Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.

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About

Hello, I’m Morag

I started learning to code in my fifties because I wanted to make a website for a friend’s garden group. I read too much, copied too much and got lost many times. What helped was small pieces in the right order.

So I teach it as a map. You start with a free video, then two cheat sheets. After that the path splits: the front end is what people see, the back end is what happens behind it. Both sides meet when you put a site online.

I sell the sheets, kits and courses I wish I had found. I do not sell hosting, and I do not take on client work. I show you how to build your own thing.