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The new Hello Web Books website has launched!
Over the last few months, I've been slowly increasing the capabilities of this website with the ultimate goal of replacing several external services I was depending on. I'm excited to ...
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Support me via Patreon!
I'm working on the baby beginnings of several new projects and wanted a better place to do small, quick updates on progress (Twitter is a bit too ephemeral/noisy, I don't ...
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Pre-orders are open for Hello Web App 2.0 on Kickstarter
Hello Web App is still 90% up to date, there were some big things I needed to update to bring it into 2018 — mainly, support for Python 3 and ...
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Hello Web Design’s Product Hunt launch recap
On January 19th (after fretting for at least two weeks), I finally launched Hello Web Design_ on Product Hunt (You know, my book/video course teaching design for non-designers. The post ...
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Shipping and fulfillment for my self-published books (Update since I’ve moved to Canada)
Since I’ve moved to Toronto, Canada, I’ve had to set up a completely new fulfillment system, so now that blog post is completely out of date. My current solution still ...
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Hello Web Design is here!
My third book on beginner web design fundamentals and shortcuts, Hello Web Design, was released today! You can buy it in three formats: Videos, paperback, or as an eBook.
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Overview and lessons learned from running my third Kickstarter campaign
My Kickstarter campaign for my third book, Hello Web Design, wrapped up about a month ago, raising $22,362. Not bad! This is my third Kickstarter (previously: Hello Web App, Hello ...
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Fundraising and taking pre-orders for my new book, Hello Web Design!
For the last year, I've been traveling around the world giving my Design for Non-Designers talk. After working on Hello Web App, which teaches web app development to non-programmers, I ...
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Economics of self-publishing a book via Kickstarter: Hello Web App's story
About a year ago, I ran a Kickstarter for Hello Web App — and now that the book has officially launched, I thought it would be useful to run down ...
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Case study: Hello Web App
In 2011, I taught myself how to code Python and Django to launch my startup, WeddingLovely. I got something working, but over the years of working with Python and Django, ...
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Videos from DjangoCon + Kickstarter campaign update!
I spoke twice at DjangoCon US (not counting my tutorial/workshop!) as well as a quick Kickstarter campaign update.
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Releasing a new book (and running another Kickstarter campaign!)
My goal with Hello Web App was to create a small, easily digestible book that walks you through everything you would need to launch your first web app — albeit, ...
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Writing about Hello Web App, my beginner web development book
A month ago, I released my first book, Hello Web App, an introduction to web app development for non programmers. I've been writing on the HWA blog about the process ...
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I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5,000 in pre-orders
On May 4th, my book Hello Web App was released. Since then, hundreds of people used it to learn how to build web apps using Python and Django. Today I ...
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My book, Hello Web App, has been released!
I've been working on Hello Web App for over a year now — it was around November 2013 when I started pondering the idea about writing my own book, after ...
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Hello Web App will be released May 4th! Pre-orders now open
For the last year, I've been writing Hello Web App, a book teaching web app development with Python and Django aimed at non-programmers. It's been a really fun and long ...
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Hello Web App's Kickstarter campaign: How I did it, what I regret.
I recently released Hello Web App, my book teaching web app development with Python and Django aimed at designers and non-programmers. The year-long journey kicked off with a Kickstarter campaign ...