2026-04-25
frontend onboarding
Learn to shape the web.
Frontend Onboarding, from beginner to pro
I remember M.B.H. asking about coding. I finally got around to making this guide: all the skills you need to make a web app go live.
Learning (complete in subsequent order)
- markdown / video -> How to do text formatting (like this) in Discord and beyond?
- html / video -> What things go on the page?
- css / video -> What do those things look like?
- js / video -> What do those things do?
- svelte / video -> How the user interface is organized?
- sveltekit / video -> How to build a web app?
- Cloudflare -> Where to host a web app?
- sql / video -> How to interact with databases?
Software I use for coding
- brave -> Privacy-first web browser
- obsidian -> Where to write notes / plans?
- vscodium -> IDE -> Where to write code?
- git -> SCM -> How to save code?
- GitHub -> SCM host -> Where to save code?
- nvm -> How to manage a development environment?
Searching
- brave -> Regular searches, Privacy-first
- lumo -> Regular searches, Privacy-first
- perplexity -> Deeper research, plan prototyping
- scira -> Deeper research, plan prototyping