#web dev stuff

[impzone]

here's my progress on that character repo page im working on :D the css is nowhere near final i just wanted to show off the layout

[l0stw00d]

CSS has VARIABLES?

[omeletcat]

guys we gotta stop this, literally all i do is draw pixel art for my games and code, and i go on the godot discord to see some GENIUS SAY WORDS THAT PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED YET.

QUATERNION?? NOWAY THATS A REAL WORD.

[sincerely-sofie]

Check-in for 01/28/24

It's been a while since I did one of these. Time to remedy that!

I've been doing well in my assignments, but due to some registration issues at the start of the semester I was unable to sign up for any web development or programming classes :< It's nice to take a break, but I'm really worried about getting stagnant in those skills, and maybe even losing what I've learned over time.

This is where a couple of new projects come in: A blorbo database and a tool for drawing pokemon from memory. These things are going to keep me avoid stagnancy and help me develop my web dev and Python programming skills, and I'm real excited to talk about them.

First up, let's talk about that tool for drawing pokemon from memory. I love drawing pokemon from memory, but it's a bit of a struggle to find tools online that work well for a solo experience when you're doing this challenge alone. So I made a program in PyGame to solve this problem, and I've actually already completed it! It was a great learning experience when it came to getting a taste of APIs, and PokeAPI really helped me do all the heavy lifting with it. I also ended up using ChatGPT to help me understand how to phrase my questions and the things I needed to research. This is the end result:

If you click "Get Random Pokemon", the program will provide a pokemon's name. The point of it is to draw the pokemon as best as you remember it, and then click "Show Pokemon Image" to see how you did. You will then have the option to get a new random pokemon, which clears the image from the window.

There's a lot of stuff I don't understand about how the program works--- APIs evade my understanding, and Tkinter is a dark art beyond my comprehension. But I was able to make a program that solved a genuine problem for me for the first time, and that's super exciting to me!

Now, for web development--- long story short, I'm making a website dedicated to cataloguing my OCs that's very much inspired by tumblr user @snekkerdoodles's personal site on neocities, which I regularly stare at in an effort to motivate myself to make cool things like it (everyone reading this should check his page out IMMEDIATELY and tell him how cool it is). Here's the screenshots of the WIP I'm chipping away at right now:

I don't have much to say about it, as the interesting stuff will really be the content of the pages, and I still have yet to finish the template page I'll be filling with my OCs' information. However, I can say that I'm very upset with the lack of proper teaching that took place in the first (and currently only) college web dev class I've taken. I spent an entire semester doing my own research to learn everything they were supposed to be teaching us. I'm still very peeved about that.

To summarize this very rambling post I'm too sleepy to edit properly, I'm making a digital blorbo encyclopedia, and I finished making a little desktop app thingy, which means I need to summon a new programming project. I'm tempted to make it a video game... maybe I should turn back to that visual novel idea I had ages ago and boot up RenPy!

[glassrockgathering]

Here we goooo, a short comic set in the Star Steel Smackdown universe, by @mcbrauart!

In this weekly short comic, you will follow Stickshift, our grungy mech(anic), during his extremely busy work day :)

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[konakoro]

Burdened by a million game ideas but no ability with/knowledge on coding and game dev

[piixandria]

[real-magic]

Going to start sharing my hobby web dev stuff!

I've gotten rly into indie web things in my abundant post-orthopedic surgery leisure time

Check it out if U want (ღ˘⌣˘) ℒ♡ⓥℯ ㄚ♡ⓤ

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I'm still very new to coding so bear ʕ⊙ᴥ⊙ʔ with me

Currently working on an imitation old school captcha generator- already seeing big returns in the form of silly word combos

[alisheaburgess]

Dev Diaries: Day 9- Setting a good base!

Dev Diaries, Masterlist

June 5, 2023

Okie dokie!

Today, my goal is to finish up the UX Prototyping course. It's a bit boring because I'm not planning on using these programs myself. I want a good understanding of the basics of most programs though. It's probably a ✨sparkle worry ✨ issue, but hey. I did see a lot of posts and content by UX designers saying that they wish they knew more programs. It makes sense to me, but I love learning. 😋

I'll probably get in a HMTL and/or CSS course today. I did the math...it's about 40+ hours of video time between the two courses. That's a lot. I want to make sure I really absorb it so I'm gonna take a bit longer. I don't plan on finishing them this week, that is for sure. I'm going for balance this month, no cramming! 😅😂

I am going to start my first portfolio project today!!! I don't know which one I'm gonna do yet, but I'm gonna do it! I'll probably find a challenge somewhere first, maybe. Even if it doesn't make it to my portfolio, it will be good practice. I have a project of sorts that I was working on, but I'm not sure it would work for this. It will take awhile to get done though, so I'll be doing it along with the other projects.

The AI got to me!

So, you know how I said I was gonna get seduced by the AI dev classes... They found me, and I think I'm a goner. 😋😁 I wanna take courses that discuss it but don't cover any coding yet. Like I said yesterday, I need to know what it's gonna do before I learn how.

I'm also looking at Learning Experience Design. This is something I've always been interested. Might as well take a course on it while it's available. Try it on for size, if you will...

P.S. I'm not sure I like having a list of things I'm "supposed" to do each day. I have tried it a couple times and it feels like a demand (no bueno) and I have more fun when it's just written about instead...😊

I have a list of things I wanna get done eventually and that tend to work better. Making a daily list just adds too much to do. Little lists tend to turn into big lists no matter what I do. If I make something bite size, I just take bigger bites...

Here's to code snacking! 😂🥰

[r0semultiverse]

Anyone gotten these variations yet? 👀

[impzone]

ok i wrote a new entry for my site! and i have decided i want to add more gadgets and fun things to it so does anyone know where i can get those?

[l0stw00d]

guy talking faster than anyone u've ever heard in a tutorial: "so you need to install live preview extension and also javascript snippets and bootstrap and shoelace and also offer a blood sacrifice to the almighty server in the sky and-"

[little-eye-guy]

just for funsies i want to remind everyone that i have a WEBSITE and there are THINGS on there to LOOK AT

[ralabbit]

Ugh professional web devs on the internet are so annoying sometimes. They're really smart, and I'm obviously very thankful to them for all of the stack exchange posts and reddit threads that have helped me teach myself html, css, and JavaScript. But why on earth would it ever be okay to read a question someone asked of how to do something, and respond "you don't. It's bad practice." If you don't know, just say you don't. But sometimes they say it on something that shouldn't be so complicated at all.

I understand that most people are on social media and the amount of people making personal websites is very small in 2025. But there is a space on the internet for hobbyist web devs, people who make websites for the fun and creativity of it. Not just professionally developed websites for companies. Not just portfolios made on squarespace. Not just Carrds and Linktrees. Not everyone cares about what's "best practice". Not everyone cares about SEO. Some people just want to exist on the internet away from corporations. Away from the ads. Web development is an art form as much as it is a career and not everyone who asks questions is training themselves to make all those marketable minimalistic sites. The internet is losing its creativity and the stifling of information to make sites more unique is part of it. (That and the fact that browsers remove support for different features and APIs all the time.) I should be able to make the most obnoxious, horrific website and not be stopped because it's mine.

If someone asks you how to do something, and you know how to, but you tell them that you're going to willingly withhold the information because it's unprofessional to do it in that way, you should really think about the role capitalism has played when it comes to how you learn new things or approach hobbies. Not everything has to be marketable. If I see one more "bad practice" post I am going to scream.

[glassrockgathering]

Page 2 of the Star Steel Smackdown short comic, by @mcbrauart!

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[fightingtrim]

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