Post #3798391

2026-07-14 02:48 UTC

as someone with essentially no web development experience, but who would like to learn the fundamentals, what modern, lightweight frameworks exist that I should check out? Or should I just do some raw html and javascript stuff? I'm very partial to simple, efficient design that can be served from low-end hardware. My use-case is for self-hosting some projects and wiki pages, including a small e-commerce shop for custom electronics. I've written a tiny amount of html, but css makes me throw up a bit in my mouth. my buddy has offered to "help" with his Fable access, and this is a cry for help. #selfhosting #webdev

Replies (4)

@EdTheDev@infosec.exchange 2026-07-14 03:57

@maxwells_daemon@infosec.exchange If you want to try out full stack development, I would try out Flask. For the front end, JavaScript is plenty to learn with, today. And here's my big page of mostly free learn to code resources, in case it inspires any ideas. https://edward.delaporte.us/learn2code/

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@gsquirrel@cupoftea.social 2026-07-14 03:58

@maxwells_daemon@infosec.exchange For what it's worth, I'd say start with HTML & CSS (I promise CSS isn't bad once you get used to it). You can do some fun stuff with just that, then add some plain JavaScript later when you need it. Less of a learning curve than going straight into a modern framework, and unbeatable speed from a low-power server.

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@tobz@mastodon.nz 2026-07-14 03:21

@maxwells_daemon@infosec.exchange If you're looking at building simple stuff & want to learn properly, just go with raw html / css / javascript. Learning the fundamentals will last you forever. frameworks come and go, plus the learning curve for them is really quite high(installing, running, building…). There are no complex steps without frameworks. Write code, view in browser.

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@MostlyBlindGamer@dragonscave.space 2026-07-14 07:17

@maxwells_daemon@infosec.exchange good advice all around, but I’d also sides a chance of scope: I would use an existing turnkey solution for your store and focus on the wiki idea for learning. You can break a wiki or make it not very secure with relatively low risk, not so much for a store.

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