52 posts.
A step-by-step setup guide for Python 3 on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Install the interpreter, set up VS Code, and write a working Python program in under ten minutes.
A complete beginner's guide to JavaScript arrays — creation, indexing, the essential mutation methods, iteration, map/filter/reduce, and a first look at spread and destructuring.
A complete beginner's guide to control flow in JavaScript — if/else, switch, for, while, for...of, break and continue, and the loops you should reach for first.
Every JavaScript data type explained — strings, numbers, booleans, null, undefined, symbols, bigints, and objects — with practical examples and how to check types correctly.
A complete beginner's guide to numbers in JavaScript — arithmetic, the Math object, rounding, formatting, NaN, Infinity, and the floating-point quirk every developer must know.
A practical guide to JavaScript objects — creation, access, mutation, iteration, shorthand syntax, destructuring, spread, and how object references actually work.
A complete beginner's guide to JavaScript operators — arithmetic, comparison, logical, assignment, and the modern nullish coalescing and optional chaining operators.
Run JavaScript in your browser's console, install Node.js, set up VS Code, and write three working first programs — all in under fifteen minutes.
A practical guide to JavaScript strings — template literals, indexing, the essential methods, immutability, and the modern ways to slice, search, and transform text.
A practical guide to declaring variables in modern JavaScript — when to use const, when to use let, why var still exists, and the naming rules that keep your code readable.
An overview of every built-in data type in Python — int, float, str, bool, list, tuple, dict, set, and None — with examples and guidance on when to use each.
A complete beginner's guide to Python dictionaries — creation, access, mutation, iteration, the essential methods, and the patterns that appear in nearly every real Python program.
A complete beginner's guide to Python lists — creation, indexing, slicing, mutation, the essential methods, iteration patterns, and a first look at list comprehensions.
A practical guide to integers, floats, arithmetic operators, operator precedence, the math module, and the floating-point gotchas every Python beginner should know.
Learn how Python sets store unique values, the operations they support — union, intersection, difference — and when to choose a set over a list or dictionary.
A thorough introduction to Python strings — creation, escape sequences, indexing, slicing, the essential methods, f-strings, and why strings are immutable.
Understand Python's syntax rules, the role of indentation, statements, comments, and the most common syntax errors that trip up new developers.
A practical guide to Python tuples — creation, the single-element gotcha, packing and unpacking, methods, and when to choose a tuple over a list.
A practical guide to converting between Python types — int, float, str, bool, list, tuple, set, dict — when conversions fail, and the common pitfalls to avoid.
Learn how Python variables work, the rules and conventions for naming them, how dynamic typing changes the rules you may know from other languages, and the naming mistakes to avoid.
A clear, professional introduction to JavaScript — what it is, how it runs in browsers and on servers, why it became the most-used language on Earth, and what you can build with it.
A clear, professional introduction to Python — what it is, how it works, why it dominates modern software development, and what you can build with it as a beginner.
Every element on a web page is a rectangular box. This guide explains the four layers of that box — content, padding, border, and margin — and the box-sizing fix that makes them sane.
Flexbox is the modern tool for one-dimensional layout. This guide covers the container and item properties you need to align, distribute, and wrap any row or column of elements.
Learn Docker Compose by building a small two-service app — a web API and a Postgres database — defined in a single compose.yaml file and started with one command.
A practical deep dive into how Docker images are stored as layers, how the build cache works, and the real difference between bind mounts and named volumes.
A step-by-step setup guide for Docker on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Install the engine, verify it works, and run your first container in under fifteen minutes.
Learn how to write a Dockerfile from scratch. Understand each instruction, build a real image for a small Node application, and run it as a container.
Learn what a Git branch really is, how to create and switch branches, how to merge work back into main, and how to resolve a simple merge conflict.
An end-to-end workflow for using Git with GitHub: create a repo, set up SSH, push your code, work with branches and pull requests, and recover from common mistakes.
Install Git on Windows, macOS, or Linux, configure your identity, initialise a repository, and walk through the full life cycle of your first commit.
A clear comparison of git merge and git rebase — what each one does to history, the trade-offs, the golden rule, and a practical decision guide for beginners.
A practical tour of the HTML tags you will use daily — headings, paragraphs, links, lists, images, forms, and the semantic containers that structure a real page.
Twenty commands that cover the overwhelming majority of day-to-day Linux work — navigation, file management, inspection, search, and processes — with runnable examples for each.
Read every rwx string at a glance, change permissions with chmod (symbolic and numeric), change ownership with chown, and understand when to use sudo. With runnable examples.
A practical tour of the Linux file system hierarchy — what /etc, /var, /home, /usr, and friends are actually for, and how paths, mounts, and hidden files work.
Open a terminal, read the prompt, and learn the handful of conventions that make every command-line tool consistent. The foundation for everything else you will do on Linux.
A thorough beginner's guide to React components and JSX — how JSX compiles, the rules that catch beginners, composition, conditional rendering, and rendering lists with keys.
A focused beginner's guide to React's two essential hooks — useState for component state and useEffect for side effects like data fetching, subscriptions, and timers.
A practical beginner's guide to React props and state — how data flows down through props, how state holds data that changes over time, and the rules that keep your UI predictable.
A practical walkthrough for creating your first React 19 project with Vite — installing Node.js, scaffolding the app, understanding the file layout, and running the dev server.
A complete beginner's tour of TypeScript's primitive types, arrays, tuples, literal types, any, unknown, and the null and undefined story — with runnable examples.
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to typing functions in TypeScript — parameter and return types, optional and default parameters, rest parameters, callbacks, and overloads.
A complete beginner's guide to interfaces and type aliases in TypeScript — how to declare object shapes, when to choose each, and how to extend and combine them.
A clear, runnable introduction to TypeScript generics — what they are, why they exist, how to write generic functions and types, and how constraints keep them honest.
A clear introduction to CSS — what it is, how it connects to HTML, how selectors and the cascade work, and how to write your first stylesheet from scratch.
A clear, no-hype introduction to Docker — what containers actually are, how they differ from virtual machines, and the vocabulary you need before installing anything.
A clear, jargon-light introduction to Git — what it is, why it exists, how it differs from GitHub, and the core mental model every developer needs.
A clear, professional introduction to HTML — what it is, how browsers read it, why it is the foundation of every website, and how to write your first page.
An honest, jargon-free introduction to Linux — what it actually is, how it differs from Windows and macOS, the role of distributions, and why developers gravitate toward it.
A clear, professional introduction to React — what it is, the problem it solves, how it compares to vanilla JavaScript, and what you can build with it as a beginner.
A clear, professional introduction to TypeScript — what it is, how it relates to JavaScript, why teams adopt it, and what you can build with it as a beginner.