Post #949663

2024-06-11 13:31 UTC

Hey, so I made an online course to teach absolute beginners the basics of HTML/CSS. I’m so gosh-darned proud of it — and the three years I spent putting it together. I put a lot of myself in there to make it the sort of welcome mat into front-end development that we need to get more folks coding. https://geoffgraham.me/the-basics-dev/ Now, I’m also super shy about sharing stuff like this. But I’d really love for you to check it out and pass it along to those who need that welcoming path into the front end.

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@matthiasott@mastodon.social 2024-06-11 13:32

@geoff@front-end.social 🤩 Wow, congrats, Geoff!

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@chriskirknielsen@front-end.social 2024-06-11 13:56

@geoff@front-end.social Given all the web dev articles you've helped put out there — not to mention your career in education — there's not a lot of people who'd be as qualified as you for this kind of undertaking. Congratulations! 🤘

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@PeasLuvnJustice@mastodon.social 2024-06-11 14:01

@geoff@front-end.social Shared it on LinkedIn for you 😉

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@optimiced@mastodon.social 2024-06-11 14:22

@geoff@front-end.social Looks cool, Geoff! Boosted! 💖 P.S. Welcome to Mastodon. ;)

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@zersiax@cupoftea.social 2024-06-11 14:34

@geoff@front-end.social First, congratulations on getting this out there! :) A question: to what degree did you take accessibility into account while making this course? A lot of the beginner courses decide to not cover this because insert-your-favorite-excuse-here which as a result means we're often perpetuating antipatterns down from the very basics and I'd love to hear your course is the odd one out where that's concerned :)

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@michelle@front-end.social 2024-06-11 14:55

@geoff@front-end.social Well done Geoff, this looks very awesome! I can’t think of anyone better to teach people this stuff 💖

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@mappingsupport@m.ai6yr.org 2024-06-11 15:02

@geoff@front-end.social I am a boomer that wrote COBOL for Boeing back in the day. But after a few years of that I switched careers and did decades in the real estate field. When I got back into coding about 15 years ago I sure wish I would have had a resource like this so I could start at the beginning and learn how to code for the web. I distinctly recall so many times when I would look at a resource for 'beginners' only to see that it assumed prior knowledge. Well done! 👍

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@eric@social.ericwbailey.website 2024-06-11 15:44

@geoff@front-end.social Ayyy! Congrats on the launch 🎉

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@kusalananda@fosstodon.org 2024-06-11 15:59

@geoff@front-end.social I will definitely do this. I'm a backend programmer, but because of the projects that my team takes on, it would be really good if I knew enough about these things to not always be as clueless as I currently am.

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@andy@bell.bz 2024-06-11 17:27

@geoff@front-end.social hell yeh!!

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@Jennifer@bookstodon.com 2024-06-11 17:32

@geoff@front-end.social fantastic, congratulations!!

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@jigmedatse@social.jigmedatse.com 2024-06-11 18:20

@geoff@front-end.social Hey, I've been wanting to do this myself... So, this is great in my mind. Doesn't stop me wanting to do something myself. Just that you've got something good here, that I appreciate.

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@dasparky@spore.social 2024-06-11 19:59

@geoff@front-end.social way to go! It's been YEARS since developing web pages using html and css, but I -still- use what I know to troubleshoot when Uptrends tests against developers web pages fail. Learning html and css is well worth the time. Wishing your work much success!

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@nimi@norrebro.space 2024-06-11 20:14

@geoff@front-end.social Congratulations on publishing this project! This looks nice. I think most people who are completely new to coding will not know what "front-end development" means. Maybe you can sprinkle some "learn to make websites" in there?

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@apriloq@connectop.us 2024-06-11 21:49

@geoff@front-end.social I sent the link to some family who aren’t in the fediverse, and bookmarked for myself too, thanks very much!!

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@paw@mstdn.io 2024-06-12 03:47

@geoff@front-end.social Very nice! I've recommended it for a co-worker's professional development.

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@todrobbins@social.coop 2024-06-12 14:33

@geoff@front-end.social 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

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@davidfstr@mastodon.world 2024-06-12 16:54

@geoff@front-end.social When I was a boy tinkering around with making my own website I used a resource called HTML Goodies (now dead) which assumed no prior knowledge. I applaud the creation of similar resources for the current generation, when #WebDevelopment has gotten so complex by default.

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@Anke@social.scribblers.club 2024-06-26 06:18

@geoff@front-end.social Oh, I guess this needs a warning that not all info is included in the text, but you have to watch the videos, if the preview is any indication. :/

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@tbassetto@oslo.town 2024-06-26 06:50

@geoff@front-end.social congrats! Just wanted to say that videos are floating over your website header when scrolling

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