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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Designing and printing Hello Web App's PDF and paperback editions
Had I released Hello Web App as digital files only (as a lot of other self-publishers do), my life would have been a lot easier. However, I just couldn't say no to having and selling a gorgeous paperback book. Read more...
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Black Friday weekend Hello Web Books deals
Black Friday (and Cyber Monday, and Small Business Saturday, and all those other things) is almost here! From Friday starting 12:01am until Monday 11:59pm, I'll be selling all three of my video courses for 25% off (only $59 for each package). Read more...
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Tutorial: Calculating your Stripe monthly recurring revenue (MRR)
I love Stripe, the customer payment solution I advocate using in Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts, but I wish the Stripe's dashboard came with a bit more information about the state of your project and revenue. Here's my script for pulling in that information for your Django project. 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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Economics of self-publishing a book via Kickstarter: Hello Web App's story
About a year ago, I ran a Kickstarter for Hello Web App — and now that the book has officially launched, I thought it would be useful to run down how much money the Kickstarter raised and where it went! Read more...