How did you get involved in web development?

[Cory]

I wanted to create codes and themes for message boards, and I've been attached to it ever since then.

[Econical]

I wanted to create codes and themes for message boards, and I've been attached to it ever since then.

Books, books and more books with the help of google.

[Cory]

Books, books and more books with the help of google.

I've owned a handful of coding books in my lifetime, but I sold all the physical copies and now own eBooks. I have 7 eBooks that relate to coding, mostly JavaScript.

[Jason]

My first attempt at owning a website was this online store thing. It was a flop but this guy from the church I was attending was big into web development and he got into me into it.

[ruscoe]

I started with Geocities, figured out HTML by a combination of trial/error and stealing from other websites. Eventually I learned PHP and I've stuck with it ever since.

[Jason]

I started with Geocities, figured out HTML by a combination of trial/error and stealing from other websites. Eventually I learned PHP and I've stuck with it ever since.

Can't remember if I did Geocities, but I did do Yahoo Groups.

[cpvr]

I started with Geocities, figured out HTML by a combination of trial/error and stealing from other websites. Eventually I learned PHP and I've stuck with it ever since.

I used freewebs, but some of my friends used Geocities. Freewebs was cool. I learned basic html while using their services, then I made my own website.

[Jason]

I started with Geocities, figured out HTML by a combination of trial/error and stealing from other websites. Eventually I learned PHP and I've stuck with it ever since.

I used freewebs, but some of my friends used Geocities. Freewebs was cool. I learned basic html while using their services, then I made my own website.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webs_(web_hosting)

It shut down in 2023.