fuzzy post-it

lol i want to explain my ideas for what i want to write in a programming “book” but i barely know how to do it without actually writing thousands of words as examples

but basically uh

i want to target people who are already familiar with computers and comfortable with like keyboard shortcuts and typing arcane things, but have just never quite gotten into programming

and i want to keep going beyond just baby intro to python, and keep writing about how to use databases and how to make web applications or command-line applications

and i want to interleave chapters, so you get to pick up intermediate python things while you’re picking up super baby html/css

and i want to touch on more abstract things like designing architecture and testing and using source control and sharing your code

and i want the whole way along for the reader to actually be building Real Things instead of just toy examples

like probably each large chunk (book?) would start with a goal program we want to write, that sounds conceptually simple but is wildly beyond what we know right now, and then figure out how to go build it. because that’s basically how i get better at anything

and most likely this will all just end up online as like blocks of articles clustered together

anyway idk does any of that sound helpful or interesting

eta: also i am real big on explaining why and how things work, instead of shoving things at you to memorize. i’m pretty sure like 60% of this will be themed asides