microsoft/web-dev-for-beginners

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Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      12-week curriculum
      24 lessons total
      HTML CSS JavaScript
      Hands-on projects
    Learning format
      Code samples
      Quizzes included
      Discussion prompts
      Assignments
    Projects built
      Virtual terrarium
      Browser extensions
      Space game
    Tech stack
      HTML
      CSS
      JavaScript
    Use cases
      Self-teach web dev
      Refresh fundamentals
      Teach others
    Audience
      Complete beginners
      Career changers
      Educators

mindmap root((repo)) What it does 12-week curriculum 24 lessons total HTML CSS JavaScript Hands-on projects Learning format Code samples Quizzes included Discussion prompts Assignments Projects built Virtual terrarium Browser extensions Space game Tech stack HTML CSS JavaScript Use cases Self-teach web dev Refresh fundamentals Teach others Audience Complete beginners Career changers Educators

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Teach yourself web development from scratch with structured lessons and real projects.

USE CASE 2

Refresh your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics before a job interview or career change.

USE CASE 3

Use as a complete syllabus to teach web fundamentals to a group or classroom.

Tech stack

HTMLCSSJavaScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice and license text.

In plain English

Web-Dev-For-Beginners is a free online course aimed at people who have never built a website before and want to learn the fundamentals from scratch. The README describes it as a 12-week curriculum made up of 24 lessons, produced by Microsoft Cloud Advocates, that teaches the three core technologies of the web: HTML, which structures a page; CSS, which styles it; and JavaScript, which makes it interactive. Rather than only reading about these languages, learners build hands-on projects such as a virtual terrarium, browser extensions, and a space game. The repository itself is the curriculum: a collection of lesson folders with explanations, code samples to follow along with, quizzes for self-checks, discussion prompts, and assignments. The README walks new users through forking and cloning the repo so they have a personal copy to work in, and points to a Discord community where learners can ask questions. The course content has been auto-translated into more than fifty languages through a GitHub Action, so non-English speakers can follow along; instructions are provided for cloning without those translations to keep the download smaller. The README also announces newer additions: GitHub Copilot Agent challenges in most chapters, an AI assistant project, and a separate companion course on generative AI for JavaScript hosted at a different URL. Someone might use this repo to teach themselves web development from zero, refresh their basics before a job, or use it as a structured syllabus when teaching others.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm using microsoft/web-dev-for-beginners to learn web development. Walk me through the first lesson on HTML structure and help me understand what each tag does.

Prompt 2

Show me how to set up the virtual terrarium project from this course and explain the JavaScript code that makes plants grow.

Prompt 3

I want to build a browser extension using the lessons in web-dev-for-beginners. What are the key steps and what files do I need to create?

Prompt 4

Help me understand the space game project in this course, specifically how the keyboard controls and collision detection work in JavaScript.

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