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24 alternatives to Web Application Development – An Interactive Guide for Beginners

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Web Application Development – An Interactive Guide for Beginners launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Designing Web Usability▲56
The practice of simplicity
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2DW
Designing Web Applications▲105
2012 · nathanbarry.com · its alternatives →
3
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited▲80
A common sense approach to web usability
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
JavaScript Air: For the Beginners▲62
Stories and wisdom from the panel, for beginner programmers
2016 · javascriptair.com · its alternatives →
5
AniJS▲87
UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English
2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →
6
The Elements of User Experience▲64
User-centered design for the web
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
"Web App Success" is published today (w/ case study of patio11's BCC)▲11
If you’re thinking about creating a web app, have already started to build one, or want to improve an existing app, this is the book for you.
2011 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →
8
Front End Happy Hour – The State of Web Development▲60
Thoughts on front end tools
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
9
Apache Weex▲127
A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs
2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →
10
Contentacle▲114
A simple new approach to content planning
2015 · its alternatives →
11
NW.js▲77
A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies
2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →
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Turn the Web into an API – A case study▲8
2016 · blog.extracty.com · its alternatives →
13
Learn Enough Dev Environment to Be Dangerous▲68
A tutorial introduction to computer development environments
2017 · learnenough.com · its alternatives →
14
Starting + Sustaining▲92
A guide to plan, launch and run a web app
2015 · its alternatives →
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Communicating Design▲68
Developing web site documentation for design and planning
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
JavaScript Air: Progressive Web Apps▲63
Bring the best of mobile sites and native apps to your users
2016 · javascriptair.com · its alternatives →
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Progressive Web App “An Easy Programming Language”▲5
2018 · easyprog.app · its alternatives →
18
This Developing Story - 33: Step by step refactoring▲54
A review of an interview on refactoring JavaScript Framework
2015 · developingstory.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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Whistle, a different way to build interactive web apps in Elixir▲7
2018 · moboudra.com · its alternatives →
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Building Progressive Web Apps▲4
Bringing the Power of Native to the Browser
2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21IH
Introducing Hyperapp 1.0 – 1KB JavaScript library for building web apps▲6
2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a book teaching web app development for non-programmers▲16
Hey HN, I wrote a book teaching beginner web app development using Django, launching on May 4th (successfully Kickstarted last year.) Website: http://hellowebapp.com Highlights: - Aimed at people who have previous HTML/building websites experience. - Template-first development: see the web app as a website first, before setting up databases and models. - Generic “collection of things” tutorial. Readers are encouraged to create something using this rubric that means something to them (a blog, a directory of people, etc.) Adding creativity will make the material stick better. -…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Not Some Cats – A collection of tools for web devs/designers▲6
2018 · notsomecats.com · its alternatives →
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JavaScript and JQuery▲6
Interactive Front-End Web Development
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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