My friend, an experienced software engineer, is extremely new to the world of web development. I am building him a list of resources, libraries, tools, workflows, tutorials, etc. to help him get up to speed. I would appreciate the recommendations and suggestions of the HN community.
Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#2Unfortunately I can't contribute much, because I am largely in your friend's boat. Any chance of making whatever list of resources you compile public in a blogpost somewhere?
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#3Unfortunately I can't contribute much, because I am largely in your friend's boat. Any chance of making whatever list of resources you compile public in a blogpost somewhere?
That is exactly what I am hoping to do. I started with a google doc, but I am thinking of moving it over to github at some point.
What sorts of useful resources have you encountered? What sorts of things are lacking for your development process? These are ultimately the questions I want to help answer!
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#4I'm also getting started. Is the MDN a good place to start?
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#5I'm also getting started. Is the MDN a good place to start? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
I have personally found their tutorials and HTML docs to be very useful.
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#6Is it generally recommended to start off using some sort of CSS framework like Bootstrap (http://getbootstrap.com/) or Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/)?
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#7Is it generally recommended to start off using some sort of CSS framework like Bootstrap ( http://getbootstrap.com/ ) or Foundation ( http://foundation.zurb.com/ )?
As a way to quickly build something, yes. If you are interested in learning CSS, no.
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#8This is a good start: http://rmurphey.com/blog/2012/04/12/a-baseline-for-front-end...
All the links you'll ever need: https://github.com/christopherscott/frontend-toolbox and https://github.com/dypsilon/frontend-dev-bookmarks
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#9Is it generally recommended to start off using some sort of CSS framework like Bootstrap ( http://getbootstrap.com/ ) or Foundation ( http://foundation.zurb.com/ )?
Actually, I wouldn't recommend that at all. Well, if he is interested in learning fron-end dev I wouldn't recommend that. In my opinion, the best way to learn is to build something. If you want to suggest Bootstrap or Foundation than I would suggest he tries to build another Bootstrap/Foundation. Learn grids, learn CSS psuedo elements and media queries, learn HTML5 semantic markup etc. etc.
Re: Ask HN: What do you recommend for a web development novice?
#10This is a good start: http://rmurphey.com/blog/2012/04/12/a-baseline-for-front-end... All the links you'll ever need: https://github.com/christopherscott/frontend-toolbox and https://github.com/dypsilon/frontend-dev-bookmarks
+1 on the frontend dev bookmarks, I remember seeing that a while back, but had completely forgotten about it! It is an incredible resource.