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Introduction to Web Development
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Introduction to Web Development

Coursera

2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2021–2022 · score 1.9

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An introductory web development course covering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics, offered on Coursera and developed by the University of Michigan. It walks beginners through building simple web pages and sites.

Commenters describe it as a thorough foundation for HTML, CSS, and vanilla JS, and one says doing every exercise on their own machine made it finally click.

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On Reddit (3)

  1. Recommendsjessej421r/webdev2022in “I taught myself basic webdev and fulfilled my dream of creating a website (from scratch) that allows you to upload your own branching path videos (i.e. choose your own adventure). Introducing plotpick.com.”▲ 1

    Yes! This video series is what finally made it start to click for me. He does a really good job of starting with basics but then explaining best practices and converting to that. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBLPjjQlnVXXBheMQrkv3UROskC0K1ctW Note that he does do a couple things not…

  2. Recommendshermitfistr/learnprogramming2021in “What's the best book to learn HTML, CSS & JavaScript for beginners in 2021?”▲ 1

    I wouldn't use a book tbh. Just use online resources from MDN, YouTube, Udemy, etc. If you need a good intro, I stumbled upon this some time back. It's an intro to Web Development course from University of Michigan. Glancing at the timestamps, it seems pretty thorough. Should give you a good…

  3. MentionsRon-Erezr/learnprogramming2023in “How do you give yourself the motivation to learn programming?”▲ 1

    When I was a kid and just started coding it amazed that I could get something on the screen or reverse a word or create some graphics or even animate something. The idea that you can create almost anything amazed me. ​ I recommend you code and explore and enjoy yourself. ​ Get a book on the topic…

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