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Show HN: I'm writing a book to help others learn to code: "Your First Web App"
- danso 13y agoGood luck with that! I had a nitpick with the marketing blurb: > I’ve put together this step-by-step guide that will help you through creating your very own first web app (think Facebook or Twitter), from start to finish. Is the example of Facebook/Twitter the best one to use for a beginning guide? Those are full-fledged enterprise/billion-dollar services...it'd be like saying, "Learn how to create your very first computing device (think iPad or Sony VAIO)" It sounds like you're aiming for a true web newbie (i.e. not a backend programmer who hasn't done much on the front end), and so I think you'll have your hands full just explaining even the HTML/CSS and file structure part, nevermind any server ops (beyond uploading flat files, but even that...), basic back end architecture, and AJAX.