A Udemy web development course by instructor Colt Steel that covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript and building web applications for beginners. Commenters present it as a practical starting point for building things on your own, with a related advanced course also offered.

Commenters call it the best value for price and say it explains enough to go out and build things on your own, with one saying it is how they learned to code.

What commenters said (7)

1. Strongly recommendsrandom314152020in “Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?”

   I would highly recommend this course - https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bo...

2. Strongly recommendsjohnnyb00y2018in “Ask HN: How to self learn Web Development?”

   I highly recommend Udemy courses like this one https://www.udemy.com/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

   It's by far the best in terms of price compared to other websites it explains enough for you to go out and build stuff on your own. If you need to go more advanced he has an advanced course, it's how I learned how to code

3. Recommendshe11ow2023in “Ask HN: Resources to learn vanilla web programming in 2023?”

   I've tried every shortcut possible only to realize the long way is the short way.

   Sign up to a Udemy web-development bootcamp. Take it class by class by class. It won't necessarily be quick. Some things won't work, because things will have changed since the bootcamp was recorded - that's practice onto itself in how to fix things - and the Q&As on Udemy courses are very good for that. Afterwards, sign up to an intermediate course that actually builds a project in a given framework. It doesn't matter which, because once you know one, it's a lot easier to contextualize a different one. Anyhow, the framework doesn't matter, at least not for the first year or two; being able to create and ship something does.

4. Recommendsvasili1112022in “Ask HN: Recommend book(s) or course(s) on modern front end dev for back end guy”

   I am also trying to figure out modern web development trends. I found helpful those 2 courses:

   https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bo...

   https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-developer-zero...

   You do not need to watch all courses materials but can pick the parts that you are interested in. You can also look at Udemy for other webdev courses too.

   Keep in mind that at Udemy there are very often sales and courses prices are around 9~20$. If price is above it just wait some time for sale.

5. Recommendseande2021in “Ask HN: Best self-starter resources to learn web design?”

   I learned a lot from the comprehensive udemy courses, one example https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/ And I am sure you find some more geared towards UI/UX.

6. RecommendssixQuarks2020in “Ask HN: Absolute noob here, what programming language to learn to land job with?”

   I finally learned how to program at the ripe old age of 42.

   I would advise you to start with HTML/CSS first if you don't know that. Then Javascript - because javascript is used everywhere now.

   Best intro course to javascript: Many people will tell you books like Eloquent Javascript is the best, but that book will confuse the hell out of you if you're a complete noob. Sure it's great once you get a handle on things, but it will be frustrating to try to learn from it at first.

   Here's the best intro course: https://watchandcode.com/p/practical-javascript

   Then after you get a hang of it, I recommend Udemy courses by Colt Steel. You can start with the Web Developer's Bootcamp:

   https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

   This is basically what I started with

7. MentionsKagerjay2018in “Ask HN: Self-taught devs, what are the best cheap resources for learning webdev?”

   I second this as well

   I would do CS50 and doing FreeCodeCamp in parallel. This way he builds a light web foundation, and have a solid CS foundational base to work through other courses.

   Other good courses are found through udemy, like Colt Steel. Another good one I recommend is watchandcode.com, for basic foundational programming principles

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