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by WalterGR 1488 days ago
If you want to learn programming and not a specific framework, of which there are a virtually unlimited number to choose from, I’d recommend implementing it using good ol’ basic HTML and JavaScript.

If you want to publish it for the world to see, you can get free web hosting all over the place. I see Neocities come up a lot on HN.

If not, you can literally just edit a single file - mysite.html or whatever you want to call it - using Notepad - on your computer and open it in a browser.
1 comments
yukistar 1488 days ago
I actually never though of opening a .html file from my own computer, hah! That's kind of awesome. Thank you for the ideas for web hosting.
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WalterGR 1488 days ago
You're quite welcome.

Start small. There's no need to prototype beforehand. There's no need to pick up a huge framework. No need to find a web host. This is all you need to get going, in an .html file on your computer:

  <!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
      <head>
          <title>Optometry calculator</title>
          <script>
              function add() {
                  var first = parseInt(document.getElementById("first").value);
                  var second = parseInt(document.getElementById("second").value);
                  document.getElementById("result").innerText = first + second;
              }
          </script>
      </head>
      <body>
          <p>
              First number:
              <input type="text" id="first">
          </p>
          <p>
              Second number:
              <input type="text" id="second">
          </p>
          <p>
              <button onclick="add()">Add</button>
          </p>
          <p id="result">
          </p>
      </body>
  </html>
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yukistar 1488 days ago
Aw, this is so cute! This gives me quite a bit of motivation to start!
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