[quickthrower2]

Probably find an open source project that has the stuff you need as a basis. There are even templates for sale to get you started too. Choose something familiar language wise. I’d try to avoid JS frameworks if you are not used to web dev. Back end, render html, use a tiny bit of JS maybe for form validation. Use bootstrap - I am recommending because it will have the most documentation and stack overflow coverage which is what you’ll need as a newcomer who wants to get something done quickly. Consider hiring for odd jobs where you are stuck.

[mrkwse]

I'd second this and also add that there will be plenty of good tutorials going through a lot of this stuff. They'll be very opinionated and produce particular solutions, but if this is your first project you don't want to worry about which framework etc. to use, you just want to ship something.

Netlify produce a lot of very thorough blogs that will cover a lot of the things you're yet to sort out. You'll end up in their platform as a result, but it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to migrate away once you've got something up and running (or you might find that Netlify fits your use quite neatly).

[varlock]

I started off a template, which took away the need to think about web design. For React, I did follow quite a few tutorials - from how to route through pages, to hooks to unit tests - but the process is quite slow (though I do enjoy it).

And then there's setting up gitlab pipelines, docker images, deployments to AWS... it's a lot for a one-man band with only a few hours to dedicate.

I'll have a look at Netlify, maybe it could take some of the above away. Thanks for the suggestion!