Let's web dev like it's 1999!
summary
Geocities-hosted personal site uses FTP-as-Windows-Explorer to publish, shows an 800x600 “best viewed in AOL” badge, and collects ~70 registered members; layout relies on a frameset layout with target attribute and navigationloaded fragments to avoid full-page reloads. Spacing uses spacer GIFs for pixel-perfect indents and rounded “pods” are built from a 3x3 image-corner grid instead of border-radius. Debugging depends on alert() until Firebug adds a console; modern toolchain replaces this with GitHub, npm, Vercel, Prettier, ESLint, TypeScript and bundlers.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:05Early programming with BASIC
- 4:20First website on Geocities
- 10:22Stretching break with air squats
- 11:27Speaker introduction and family
- 13:13Modern web dev skills vs past
- 14:40Layout with framesets
- 21:05Spacer GIFs for indentation
- 23:35CSS replacing HTML styling
- 25:25Rounded corners with image grids
- 28:55JavaScript as a toy language
- 31:53Debugging with alerts and Firebug
- 33:59Modern dev tools and workflows
- 36:52Closing thanks and Firebug history
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