Hello Web Design
Web design fundamentals and shortcuts.
Design shortcuts and fundamentals aimed for programmers, developers, marketers, and non-designers. Learn just enough design to be dangerous.
Hello Web App
Learn how to build your first web app.
Want to build your first web app? Hello Web App walks you through building and launching a simple web app using Python and Django.
Recent articles
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Support me/Hello Web Books on Patreon!
I'm working on the baby beginnings of several new books and zines and wanted a better place to do small, quick updates on progress (Twitter is a bit too ephemeral/noisy, I don't want to spam my email list, little updates weekly seems like too much work for blogging.) Not to ... Read more...
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50% off all Hello Web Books packages and products for Black Friday + Cyber Monday
Oh hey it's Black Friday time again! Use the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2018 on the order page to receive 50% off all products and packages. Coupon code will work until Monday the 26th at midnight ET. Enjoy! Read more...
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Moved HelloWebBooks.com from a static site generator to full Django site
This website got a big update! I created this website way back in the day using a static site generator named Cactus, which worked okay for what I wanted to do. Back then, my concerns were more about time to get things launched and making things as easy as possible ... Read more...
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Hello Web App 2.0's Kickstarter was successful! Thank you.
The new Hello Web App just finished its Kickstarter campaign making over 200% of goal! Thank you so much to everyone who backed the campaign, shared it with friends and family, and supported the re-release of my first book. Read more...
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First free zine on command line basics has launched today
Over the last few weeks, I've been working on a little project to go along with the Kickstarter campaign for Hello Web App (one week left!) I've punted around the idea of releasing little mini-books or zines on small ideas, like pairing fonts or working with git. Today I'm releasing ... Read more...
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Hello Web App 2.0 is now fundraising on Kickstarter
The first book I wrote was Hello Web App, teaching web app development using Python and Django. It's since been read by thousands of readers around the world, and I'm super excited to announce a new edition of the book, fundraising on Kickstarter! Read more...
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New Hello Web Books website
After a few months of work, I'm super excited to release the new Hello Web Books website design to the world! When I originally designed this website, I stepped out of my comfort zone and added a lot of photos, banners, fonts, and colors - I'm terrible at designing the ... Read more...