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It's becoming so complicated that I'm struggling to come up with ideas for how to get my 13 year old nephew interested in web development. When he was born I u
by skc 7y ago
It's becoming so complicated that I'm struggling to come up with ideas for how to get my 13 year old nephew interested in web development.
When he was born I used to dream of having him look at a button on a web page and him asking me "what actually happens when I click that button"
I shudder to think where I would even begin to answer that today.
- wasdfff 7y agoThe fundamentals haven't changed. You can teach basic html in an afternoon, eventually making a static site or something in a few weeks. Thats how every web dev today learned to web dev.
- porsager 7y agoExactly this was one of the reasons why I built https://flems.io https://flems.io. Flems is basically just a scratchpad that begins with 3 files — .html, .css and .js. All the current state is stored in the URL, so sharing is simply done by sending the URL to someone else - true serverless ;) Here's a simple sample you can start out on with your nephew. https://flems.io/#0=N4IgzgpgNhDGAuEAmIBcIB0ALeBbKIANCAGYCWMYaA2qAHYCGuEamO+RIsA9nYn6wA8AIwCu8eLwAEZJAF4AOiHhYIAIXGS6SgHwK6UqQGEoZWAGspzfYID0Yibx2dIMBGV5V0AJlQBOEABfQnomFnQMACsqYh4+CAF0FXVNXgxeWFMLKTkpAAoAShydKWB9Q2SNRzoMMHgATxgMeAAnBjowEm4W3BypAHIwWAYYPP6pAGopAFkGFQxcBgAPPIBGQnzZ+ba6JG5cQqkAKilVgAYCoqn+gv79QM4eXAAHCggW1mEGYWgXaDh4B4OqxVqgAOwAFiCIRAjGYrAwsDAMS4vH48E+3CQ9VK5SkSDIYGeUAY9VQUhIMCWAG48SMyABzOgAWjIiFwYHJsASiBatIMUkiojqZBI9WZcXRXJ5735hlUjJw5POZwAblh7vp9ABiSqpAxlAVfCwMlrcUS7clYbjwV50cxyqQ8KDdckAdywbIgjuE3SQ73JdF43vufzcgM8INBqyCAF1AkA https://flems.io/#0=N4IgzgpgNhDGAuEAmIBcIB0ALeBbKIANCAGYCWMY... nb. You don't need to jump in with any of the frameworks used by companies targeting millions of users. The basics are still there...