Learn to Code: Episode 003 – Intro to Web Development

Be sure to checkout the previous lesson (Episode 002 – Introduction to Google Sheets)

Before we can really dive into the actual coding, it’s important to understand how the web works. Knowing this will be useful both in the learning process and on the job itself. For example, we can be more efficient in web optimization because we knew the importance of network latency.

We will also discuss how to create your own website complete with custom domain name and hosting running WordPress. Of course, this entire course does not focus on WordPress or any website software so we won’t touch this topic in detail.

So in this episode, you will learn:

• Overview of how websites works
• Overview of how the Internet works
• How to create websites quickly using WordPress
• Introduction to hosting and Domain names

Acronyms mentioned:
DNS – Domain Name Server
ISP – Internet Service Provider
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
SSL – Secure Sockets Layer

Resources:

• https://zeddrix.com/how-does-the-internet-work/
• https://zeddrix.com/the-great-history-of-the-web/
• Diagram of How Websites Work
• Submarine Cable Map
• World’s first Website
• https://wordpress.com/
• https://wordpress.org/
• A Domain Name Registrar
• A Website Hosting Service

Next Episode: Intro to HTML
Recommended to download and install Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/)

Helpful resource for HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/