Articles + Tutorials
I often write tutorials on fun, beginner web stuff as well as about how I produce my books and videos.
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Hello Web Design is here
I'm so excited to announce that Hello Web Design is out today! I've been thinking about this book for at least two years. These thoughts lead to a conference talk I gave at many conferences, including... Read more...
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Hello Web Design's pre-order available - will be released November 7th, 2017
On November 7th, Hello Web Design will be released into the world! Pre-order your book if you haven't already. Read more...
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Hello Web Books evangelist/marketing assistance wanted
Lately I've been finding myself too busy to do the marketing/upkeep that I should be, and I've been kicking around the idea of hiring someone for 5-10 hours a week to help me keep everything active and keep abreast of opportunities I should be doing in order to promote Hello … Read more...
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Hello Web App is online for free
Happy days! The online version of Hello Web App is officially online to read. Read more...
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Announcing Hello Web Design and the Kickstarter campaign
I have had so much fun with Hello Web App over the last couple of years, and after teaching beginner web app development for so long, I've started thinking about teaching beginner design skills. I love being a generalist with design, development, marketing, and sales skills, and I love helping … 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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Giving away Hello Web App v1 copies
I have about 45 of my original Hello Web App printing run left so I'm doing a mini-giveaway! Read more...
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Tutorial: Setting up the password change functionality with Django
In the original Hello Web App book, I walk you through the process of setting up your registration and login pages so user's can join and log into your new app. We also set up the password reset views on the login form, so if a user doesn't remember their … Read more...
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Hello Web App has been updated for Django 1.9
Hello Web App (the original book) has been updated! The changes are fairly minor (no worries if you have the old paperback, which is still completely usable). With Django 1.8 and 1.9, there were a few things I needed to update in the content as well as fix some typos … Read more...
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Hello Web App Intermediate Concepts is on Product Hunt today
Woke up this morning to Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts being featured on Product Hunt Books today! Read more...
Books/Courses Available
Really friendly beginner books on web design and web app development. Learn more here.
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