Beginning Programming / Web Development (Tutorials and CheatSheet)

Learn Beginning Computer Programming and Web Development. Learn the basics of how to use a text editor to write software; how to use the Command Line Interface; how to create a simple web page; and how to use the JavaScript programming language.

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  • Project code: The example code shown in the video series are available for download.
Link to Introduction tutorial page

Introduction

What is covered in this course? Who should take this course? Who should not take this course?

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Link to Install and use a text editor tutorial page

Install and use a text editor

One of the most popular free text editors for programmers and web developers is Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. This tutorial shows how to download, install, customize, and use VS Code. And how to install extensions including Live Server to lauch a local web server for development.

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Link to How to use the Terminal tutorial page

How to use the Terminal

XThis section covers basic terminology. How to install or update Nodejs. How to use Node in the command line. How to import Node modules. How to use the Node global object.

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Link to How to create a web page using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap tutorial page

How to create a web page using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap

XThis section covers basic terminology. How to install or update Nodejs. How to use Node in the command line. How to import Node modules. How to use the Node global object.

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Link to The JavaScript programming language tutorial page

The JavaScript programming language

This is the first in a series of tutorials on the JavaScript programming languages. This tutorial is for Beginning JavaScript. It starts with setting up your development environment. Then goes through the core JavaScript concepts covering the bare minimum of what you need to know to be a JavaScript programmer.

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Link to Beginning Web Development Project tutorial page

Beginning Web Development Project

Create a To-Do list application with HTML and JavaScript applying the concepts from this tutorial series.

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Link to Build a Web App with Node.js and Express tutorial page

Build a Web App with Node.js and Express

Learn how to build a web application using JavaScript and the Node.js Express web framework saving the data in a database. We will build a simple To-Do list web app.

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