Dear Family,
I'm opening this thread for those of us that would like to learn how to build a website from scratch, which means writing all the necessary code from the ground up. There are several reasons why it's a good idea to learn this skill:
1) Being able to write some computer code is starting to become (or maybe already is) part of modern standard literacy.
2) Web development is one of the most in-demand professions.
3) If you have a website of your own that you made through something like WordPress, Wix or GoDaddy, you can a) stop paying for that service and b) have more flexibility in your web design.
So, why not join the learning? The two main languages for web development (HTML and CSS) are actually not too complicated and there are great online resources for learning them. Plus we have family members on the forum that are very skilled in computer science that can help us out.
I started learning this stuff in January by taking a free course at codecademy.com. I liked it since it was very hands-on and didn't require reading pages and pages of information about code; rather it focused on guiding you through exercises to learn the material. After that I started the course at freecodecamp.com to learn more about Javascript, and I'm still working through that course (it's quite long).
If there are at least a couple other people interested in learning this stuff or expanding their current knowledge, let's use this space to help each other in this undertaking. Just to reiterate, "programming" may sound daunting, but HTML and CSS and pretty straightforward and together can be used to make a great webpage. The main thing is practicing building a page. If you want to take the next leap and learn Javascript to make your page more interactive, it's a great idea since Javascript is so widely used, but it does take some time to learn.
Just do it.
Andrew
I'm opening this thread for those of us that would like to learn how to build a website from scratch, which means writing all the necessary code from the ground up. There are several reasons why it's a good idea to learn this skill:
1) Being able to write some computer code is starting to become (or maybe already is) part of modern standard literacy.
2) Web development is one of the most in-demand professions.
3) If you have a website of your own that you made through something like WordPress, Wix or GoDaddy, you can a) stop paying for that service and b) have more flexibility in your web design.
So, why not join the learning? The two main languages for web development (HTML and CSS) are actually not too complicated and there are great online resources for learning them. Plus we have family members on the forum that are very skilled in computer science that can help us out.
I started learning this stuff in January by taking a free course at codecademy.com. I liked it since it was very hands-on and didn't require reading pages and pages of information about code; rather it focused on guiding you through exercises to learn the material. After that I started the course at freecodecamp.com to learn more about Javascript, and I'm still working through that course (it's quite long).
If there are at least a couple other people interested in learning this stuff or expanding their current knowledge, let's use this space to help each other in this undertaking. Just to reiterate, "programming" may sound daunting, but HTML and CSS and pretty straightforward and together can be used to make a great webpage. The main thing is practicing building a page. If you want to take the next leap and learn Javascript to make your page more interactive, it's a great idea since Javascript is so widely used, but it does take some time to learn.
Just do it.
Andrew
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