Put down JS - how building fundamentals will help you LvlUp!
summary
A concrete claim: mastering HTML and CSS — semantic tags, alt text, flexbox layout, percentage padding for aspect ratios, viewport units and CSS-only toggles using :checked — yields faster, more accessible, and SEO-friendly results than shoehorning frameworks into quick tasks. Example: in a 45-minute coding challenge one candidate got only the title using a React setup while another built a working page with HTML/CSS and landed the job. Accessibility matters: ~15% of people have disabilities; simple fixes reach those users and often improve performance.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Web fundamentals
- 1:32Mark vs Luke challenge
- 3:58Frameworks in interviews
- 5:00HTML fundamentals
- 6:04CSS beyond styling
- 7:48Tooling skills
- 8:09SEO basics
- 10:32Accessibility skills
- 13:40Simple coding solutions
- 16:09Native tools
- 17:52Learning resources
- 18:54Summary
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