Your first page in HTML and CSS
A heading, a picture, a link and some colour. One small page you can open in your browser.
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WatchStart here: what to learn first
The order I would learn it all in if I began again, drawn on a whiteboard in nine minutes.
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WatchJavaScript in one hour: the parts that matter
Values, functions, lists and clicks. The small part of the language that most pages use.
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WatchA page that works on a phone
Small screens first: one column, big buttons, and a few lines of CSS that change it for a laptop.
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WatchLearning to code in my fifties
How I started, what I got wrong and how I fit it around work and the garden.
15 min
WatchReading an error message slowly
Most error messages tell you the file and the line. Here is how to read one without panic.
9 min
WatchTalking to a rubber duck about a bug
Say the problem out loud, line by line. It works more often than I like to admit.
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Git for one person: save points
Three commands to save your work, look back and undo a mistake. No teams needed.
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What an API is, with a takeaway order
You ask, the kitchen answers. A small request, a small reply and what to do when it goes wrong.
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WatchLaying out a page with grid
Rows, columns and gaps on one small page, drawn on paper first and then written in CSS.
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Sign-in, explained without the jargon
What happens when you type a password, what the site keeps, and why you never store it yourself.
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Putting a site online in ten minutes
Free hosting, one folder and a link you can send to your mum. The first deploy is less scary than it sounds.
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One Small Build
A short letter every Sunday: one thing to build, one thing I got stuck on and one thing to try this week.