Acknowledgments

This book exists because of many people who believe that learning to build for the web should be accessible, practical, and connected to real-world purpose.

Students

To the students of ISYS3004 at Curtin University who tested these ideas, asked hard questions, and showed me what actually helps people learn – thank you for your patience and feedback.

Colleagues

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AI Collaboration

This book was developed in partnership with AI assistants, demonstrating the very collaboration it teaches. The ideas, pedagogy, and judgment are human; the drafting and iteration benefited from AI assistance.

Open Source Community

The web development community’s commitment to sharing knowledge freely makes resources like this possible. Special thanks to the maintainers of:

  • MDN Web Docs
  • WordPress.org documentation
  • React documentation
  • Quarto publishing system

Family

[To be added]

This book is dedicated to everyone who has ever thought “I’m not technical enough” – you are.