Baldur Bjarnason
“Adactio: Links—Start at the beginning: the importance of learning the basics - localghost” adactio.com/links/18722
Start at the beginning: the importance of learning the basics - localghost
I’d recommend going in the order HTML, CSS, JS. That way, you can build something in HTML, add CSS to it as you learn it, and finally soup it up with your new-found JS knowledge.
Excellent advice for anyone new to web develoment.
Once you start getting into interactive website territory, with API calls and fancy stuff, that’s where you need JavaScript (JS) knowledge. More specifically, vanilla JS: plain JS with no additional frameworks or plugins. The JS that your browser understands without having to do any pre-processing. It makes working with frameworks a whole lot easier, and it’ll help you to know when not to use a framework (and avoid making users download massive JS bundles when all you need is a tiny bit of code).
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Building a website can seem difficult, but half the battle is just getting started! We wanted to put this guide together as an easy compilation of tutorials and places to learn exactly what you need to get started.
This is a really useful guide for beginners!
We hope this guide helps make everything feel more accessible to you, because it is! The internet belongs to all of us, so be sure to stake your claim in it.
Bill Oddie taught me how to make web sites - Hicks.design
I remember Jon telling me this lovely story when we first met in person. I love the idea that we had already met in a style sheet.
I also love the idea of hosting your own little internet archive—that Bill Oddie site still looks pretty great to me!
It’s a lot like an embarrassing family photo, but I’m owning it!
home sweet homepage
I can’t remember the last time that a website made me smile like this.
Designing Beautiful Shadows in CSS
This is a great tutorial—I just love the interactive parts that really help make things click.
Organize your CSS declarations alphabetically – Eric Bailey
Until there is movement on developers taking CSS more seriously and understanding its full capabilities, we are caught in an awkward loop where introducing too much complexity in your project’s CSS will do more harm than good.
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