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</html>Start with a path, not a list
Every course below, put in the order you should actually meet them. Pick where you want to end up and work down the steps. Nothing is locked.
Start From Zero
Never touched code. Start here.
Front End Developer
Build the part people actually see.
Back End Developer
The part that holds the data and the money.
Full Stack Developer
Both ends, and the bit that takes payment.
JavaScript Engineer
One language, front to back.
Python Developer
One language, from first script to a live web app.
Launch and Get Paid
For the ones who want the income, not the theory.
Or scroll on for all 12 courses, in any order you like.
The courses
Staying Safe Online: Scams, Passwords and 2FA
How real people actually get robbed online (phishing, SIM swaps, reused passwords, fake M-Pesa messa...
Taking Payments Online: M-Pesa and Card Checkout
Money is where bugs get expensive. STK push, callbacks, verifying a payment server-side, idempotency...
JavaScript and the DOM: Making Pages Actually Do Something
The gap between knowing JavaScript syntax and building things is the DOM. Learn to find elements, ch...
How the Web Actually Works
What really happens between typing a URL and seeing a page. Requests, responses, status codes, cooki...
Putting a Site Live: Domains, Hosting and the First Deploy
The step tutorials skip. Buy a domain, point it at hosting, upload your files, force HTTPS, and fix ...
Using AI Assistants Without Shipping Their Mistakes
AI writes code quickly and confidently, including when it is wrong. How to prompt for useful output,...
Chrome DevTools: Find the Bug in 60 Seconds
Stop guessing why your page is broken. Read the console properly, inspect and edit live CSS, watch n...
Computer Essentials: Files, Folders and Working Faster
The foundation everything else sits on. How files and paths really work, what an extension is, keybo...
How to Debug Anything
A method that works on any language or stack: reproduce it, read the actual error, bisect the proble...
PHP & MySQL Fundamentals
Build dynamic server-side websites. Forms, databases, sessions, authentication, all from scratch....
Full Stack Web App
The complete journey, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL. Build a fully functioning web application from desi...
React: Components, State and Thinking in UI
The mental shift from editing the DOM to describing it. JSX, props, useState, lists and keys, and us...
Learn by Actually Building
Every lesson has a live code playground, read, code, see results instantly. No switching tabs, no setup.
Live Playground
Every lesson has HTML/CSS/JS editors with instant preview. Learn by doing, not just watching.
Pay Once, Own Forever
No monthly subscriptions. Pay once via Paystack, M-Pesa or Crypto. Yours forever.
Real Certificate
Complete a course and get a verifiable PDF certificate with a unique code anyone can check online.
Truly Global
Pay in your currency. Paystack handles conversions. M-Pesa for Kenya. Crypto for everyone.
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