[throwaway2016a]

How do we know this does not fall under the trap of not actually being friendly but only seeming friendly as viewed from the eyes of an expert / advanced user.

Whenever I see these I wonder if they remembered to take someone with no subject matter knowledge and have them attempt to go through it.

For all I know this site did. I'm just musing out loud,

[jordanlev]

I've taught intro to web design / development classes before, and based on my experience this tutorial gets it right. (It pretty much follows along with the curriculum I used, although it's much more well-put-together than anything I ever made).