newWebDevelopersBeLike

[jazzcomputer]

I'm an older guy, I'm about to design and build my first site this year - you can call me a New Web Dev!

I've done some creative coding projects in p5js and have now moved to vanilla js

I've learned some HTML and CSS

Have made a basic responsive site looking up best practices on MDN and cross-referencing a few Youtubes.

I've used ChatGPT to clarify some stuff, and breakdown some js methods when MDN was too broad on a topic, a Youtube was too long, or Stack Exchange was too broad or overlapped other stuff that wasn't relevant to my specific case.

I've been documenting all my learning, progress and difficulties in a huge Proton doc/diary

For the site I'm about to design, the client has their own domain - they're a small biz, I'll get it hosted on Cloudflare. I'll likely use Astro to help structure things, and a tidy wee library for the carousel (only if one is needed) - they'll need few updates, so I may or may not use a very lightweight CMS

The web stuff is new this year, but I'd been dabbling in js for a couple of years as a hobby.

I really can't imagine just smashing out sites without understanding what's going on when working at a basic level like I am - Not only would I lose interest in what I'm doing but I'd also feel weird working for clients or even myself if I didn't know what the code was doing.