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--- title: Day 1: Starting My Web Dev Journey published: true description: Learning HTML from scratch ---
Hi everyone! I'm a tech enthusiast currently mastering web development and game development. I am building my foundation from scratch,learning on my phone with Sololearn and Mimo while writing my code completely on a tablet using an app called Acode . Why I'm Doing This I want to learn how to turn big ideas into reality, one line of code at a time. I'm starting with the absolute basics of the web: HTML. My First HTML Project Today, I built a multi-page setup right on my tablet. Here is the structure of my homepage ( index.html ): <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang= "en" > <head> <title> My First Blog Post </title> </head> <body> <h1> Day 1: Starting My Journey To Become A Web Developer </h1> <p> I officially started learning web development today! </p><h3> What I Learnt </h3><Some of the things I learnt today were: </ p ><ul><li> HTML code controls the structure of a webpage </li><li> HTML tags are used to add elements to a webpage </li><li> Elements like button and paragraph require container tags while elements like images and line break only require empty tags <li> Container tags consist of both opening and closing tags. </li><li> Some HTML tags known as Semantic tags </li></ul><h4> What I Built </h4><p> I started with my first project which is my portfolio website </p><h5> Looking Ahead </h5><p> Next I want to learn more on HTML and dive deeper to get a better understanding of HTML and later learn CSS and JavaScript to style and make my webpage more interactive <p> </body> </html> ``` What's Next? My next immediate goal is to learn more about HTML and to learn CSS so I can start styling these pages and making them look awesome. After that, I'll be diving into JavaScript and starting my first simple game development projects. I'm excited to document my progress here as I grow from a beginner into a software developer. If you have any tips for learning on a mobile device, let me know in the comments!
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What is an API? An Explanation for Complete Beginners
Imagine you are sitting at a table in a restaurant. You have a menu in front of you with a list of delicious meals, and the kitchen is ready to cook them. However, there is a missing link. You are sitting in the dining room, and the chefs are tucked away in the back. You can't just walk into the kitchen and grab your food, and the chefs don't leave the stove to come take your order. To bridge the gap, you need a mediator. You need someone to take your order from the table, deliver it to the kitchen, and then bring the food back to you. That person is your waiter. In the digital world, an API (Application Programming Interface) is that waiter. The Plain English Definition An API stands for Application Programming Interface. Strip away the technical jargon, and an API is simply a software messenger that allows two different computer programs to talk to each other and share data. Think of it as a digital bridge. When you use an app on your phone, it doesn't contain all the data in the world inside its small download file. Instead, it uses an API to send a request over the internet to a massive server, which then sends the correct information back. The Restaurant Analogy: Side-by-Side To see how this works in real life, let’s map our restaurant experience directly to how technology works on your phone or computer: The Customer (You): This is the Client (your web browser, smartphone app, or computer). You are the one asking for information. The Menu : This is the API Documentation. It lists out exactly what items you are allowed to order and how you need to ask for them. The Waiter : This is the API. They take your request, run it over to the system, and bring you back the result. The Kitchen : This is the Server / Database. It holds all the raw data, processes the request, and prepares the final output. Where Do You See APIs in Real Life? You interact with dozens of APIs every single day without even realizing it. Here are a few common examples: "Log In with Google" or
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🐍 Day 1/100 — Starting my Python journey!
Hey everyone! 👋 I'm a complete beginner and today I'm officially kicking off my #100DaysOfCode challenge with Python. I've dabbled with the idea of learning to code for a while, but this time I want to actually commit - so I'm posting daily updates here to keep myself accountable and track my progress over the next 100 days. My plan: Post a short update here every day - what I learned, what I struggled with, and what's next Eventually move into some small real-world projects once I've got the basics down Why I'm doing this: I want to build real skills, not just "watch tutorials and forget everything." Writing it down publicly (even anonymously) keeps me honest and hopefully connects me with others on the same path. If you're also learning Python or doing a 100 days challenge, I'd love any tips, resources, or just to follow along with each other's progress! Day 1 status: Just setting up my environment and going through the basics — nothing exciting yet, but everyone starts somewhere! 100DaysOfCode #Python #Beginner #LearnToCode
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The Code Review Metrics No One Is Tracking..
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How I Chose My Web Development Path as a Beginner
Choosing a learning path is one of the most critical decisions you make as a beginner. When I set out to learn web development, I knew exactly what I needed: resources that were thorough, accessible 24/7, and completely free—both online and in print. Before settling on my 2026 learning path, I experimented with a few popular options. Here is a look at what I tried, why they didn’t quite stick, and where I ultimately landed. What Didn’t Work for Me Scrimba Scrimba offers highly interactive introductory courses in web development. However, I realized a bit too late that the platform isn't entirely free; a paywall kicks in shortly after you begin the core HTML and CSS sections. Because I was looking for fully open resources, I had to move on. Frontend Mentor Frontend Mentor is an excellent platform for practicing UI design, but it operates on a freemium model. While the basic learning paths are free, accessing project solutions, starter files, and advanced challenges requires a paid upgrade. 100Devs 100Devs is a free, self-paced, community-taught bootcamp led by Leon Noel. Originally broadcast live on Twitch, the full 30-week course repository is now available on YouTube and communitytaught.org. I actually joined the inaugural cohort in 2020 and attempted subsequent restarts. Leon is an engaging instructor, but the live-stream format presents some hurdles for self-paced learners. The videos are several hours long and include significant time spent interacting with the live chat, managing stream tangents, and breaking away from the core curriculum. Ultimately, the pacing made it difficult for me to stay focused and build momentum. (Note: I also found myself misaligned with some of the community’s culture and leadership choices over time, which made it easier to look for a fresh start elsewhere.) What did I choose? Ultimately, I chose The Odin Project (TOP) as my primary framework, and I couldn't be happier with the decision. The Odin Project checks every single box for
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Codewars did not teach me JavaScript. My job did.
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Hello Dev Community! 👋 It is officially Day 8 of my journey to master the MERN stack! After spending the first week structuring with HTML and styling with CSS, today I finally started learning the core language of web logic: JavaScript . Moving from static designs to actual programming logic feels like unlocking a whole new level of web development. 🧠 Key Learnings From Day 8 Today was all about setting up the foundation in JavaScript and understanding how code runs in the browser. Here is what I covered: 1. The Browser Console & Execution I learned that every browser has a built-in environment to run JavaScript. Writing my very first console.log("Hello World"); and seeing it print in the developer tools console was the perfect start. 2. Variables: Storing Data Safely I learned how to store information using variables and the crucial differences between modern variable declarations: let : For values that can change later in the program (mutable). const : For values that must remain constant and cannot be reassigned (immutable). Note: I also read about var , but learned why modern JavaScript avoids it due to scoping issues. 3. Data Types Fundamentals Data needs a type so the computer knows how to handle it. Today I practiced with: Strings: Plain text enclosed in quotes (e.g., "MERN Stack" ). Numbers: Integers and decimals without quotes (e.g., 2026 ). Booleans: Simple true or false states (e.g., isLearning = true ). 🛠️ What I Actually Code / Experimented With Since I am just starting with core logic, I didn't write code directly into my HTML webpage layout today. Instead, I created a script.js file, linked it to my project, and built a basic script in the console that: Stores a user's name and learning status in variables. Dynamically calculates values (like years left until a milestone). Outputs formatted statements into the browser console. It is simple, but understanding how data moves in the background is incredibly exciting. 🎯 My Goal for Tomorrow (Day 9) Tomorr
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The Unlikely Journey from Bricks to Bytes
I'm a builder. I taught myself to run servers because freelancers kept burning my money. West London, 2021. I was standing on a site holding a cup of tea that had gone cold an hour earlier, watching a crew argue about where a wall should go. That's my actual job. Schedules, suppliers, the kind of problems that only exist at 7am when half the crew hasn't shown up and the client is already phoning. But my head was somewhere else. I'd been chewing on an idea for a classifieds platform for months. Not a grand vision, nothing with a business plan and projections. Just a gap I could see — a way to connect buyers and sellers that felt easier and more global than what was out there. The problem was that I knew nothing about programming. And I mean nothing. I didn't know what a database was. I'd never written a line of code. My entire technical CV was "reasonably good at not breaking my own phone." So I did what most people in my position do. I tried to buy my way in. The expensive year I found a ready-made classifieds script online. Looked professional, had features, didn't cost the earth. The smart shortcut, I told myself. Then I hired a freelancer to customise it. Then another one, when the first disappeared mid-project. Then another, when the second delivered something that worked on a good day and fell over on a bad one. Here's the thing nobody warns you about hiring freelancers when you can't read code: you can't judge the work. You can't tell the difference between someone who wrote something clean and someone who duct-taped it together to last until the invoice clears. Both show you the same thing — a screen where the button does what the button's meant to do. So you pay, you say thanks, you move on. And three months later the button stops working and the freelancer's gone. Meanwhile the bots had found me. Within weeks of going live, automated scripts were hammering the contact form, then the registration page, then the login. "It's normal," a freelancer told me. "Ha
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Python Day Three – Lists, Indices, and Packing Your Virtual Backpack 🎒
Welcome back to Day 3, Python dynamic duo! 🚀 If you survived Day 2 , you now know how to create variables and throw strings, integers, floats, and booleans into their own little cardboard boxes. 📦 But what happens when you’re building a game and your character needs an inventory? Or you're making a shopping list app? Creating 50 different variables like item1, item2, item3 will make you want to throw your router out the window. 🪟💻 Today, we are leveling up our storage game. We are moving out of single cardboard boxes and packing a Virtual Backpack: Enter Lists! 🎒🎉 🎒 What is a List? In Python, a List is a data structure used to store a collection of items in one single variable. Think of it like a backpack where you can stuff multiple things inside, keep them in a specific order, and pull them out whenever you need them. Creating a list is simple. You use square brackets [] and separate your items with commas: # Packing our survival backpack 🗺️ backpack = [ " map " , " flashlight " , " water bottle " , " protein bar " ] print ( backpack ) # Prints: ['map', 'flashlight', 'water bottle', 'protein bar'] The coolest part? Python lists don’t care what you put inside. You can mix strings, integers, and booleans all in one single backpack (though usually, it makes the most sense to keep similar things together). 🤯 The First Rule of Coding Club: We Start Counting at Zero! Here is where programming turns your brain upside down. 🧠🙃 If I asked you what the first item in our backpack list is, you’d logically say "map". And you'd be right in human language. But in Python-speak, computer memory starts counting at 0. This is called Indexing. To pull a specific item out of your backpack, you write the name of the list followed by the item's position (index) inside square brackets: backpack = [ " map " , " flashlight " , " water bottle " , " protein bar " ] # Pulling out the items using their index 🔍 print ( backpack [ 0 ]) # Prints: map (The absolute first item!) print ( backpack [