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Tools 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

Computer Essentials: Files, Folders and Working Faster

The foundation everything else sits on. How files and paths really work, what an extension is, keybo...

5 lessons 59 students
JavaScript 5 lessons
Beginner JavaScript

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...

5 lessons 127 students
Security 5 lessons
Beginner Security

Staying Safe Online: Scams, Passwords and 2FA

How real people actually get robbed online (phishing, SIM swaps, reused passwords, fake M-Pesa messa...

5 lessons 175 students
5.0 (1)
Web Development 5 lessons
Beginner Web Development

How the Web Actually Works

What really happens between typing a URL and seeing a page. Requests, responses, status codes, cooki...

5 lessons 164 students
AI 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

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 ...

5 lessons 50 students
Tools 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

How to Debug Anything

A method that works on any language or stack: reproduce it, read the actual error, bisect the proble...

5 lessons 122 students
Tools 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

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...

5 lessons 133 students
AI 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

Using AI Assistants Without Shipping Their Mistakes

AI writes code quickly and confidently, including when it is wrong. How to prompt for useful output,...

5 lessons 153 students
HTML 10 lessons
Beginner Web Development

HTML & CSS Fundamentals

Learn the building blocks of every website. Start from zero and build real beautiful pages....

10 lessons 63 students
CSS 5 lessons
Beginner CSS

Design Basics for Developers Who Cannot Draw

Why your sites look homemade, and the rules that fix it without any artistic talent. Spacing systems...

5 lessons 118 students
Marketing 5 lessons
Beginner Web Development

SEO for Developers: Getting Found on Google

The technical half of SEO, which is the half developers control. Titles and meta, crawlability, site...

5 lessons 89 students
Tools 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

Spreadsheets That Do the Work For You

Excel and Google Sheets past the basics: absolute references, IF and SUMIF, lookups, cleaning messy ...

5 lessons 16 students
PHP 5 lessons
Beginner PHP & MySQL

SQL: Asking Your Database the Right Questions

SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, GROUP BY. The four things you will write every working day. Built around a real...

5 lessons 160 students
Python 5 lessons
Beginner Python

Python From Scratch: Your First Real Scripts

Variables, lists, dictionaries, loops and functions. Taught by building things that do actual work: ...

5 lessons 88 students
AI 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

The Terminal: Stop Being Afraid of the Black Screen

Moving around, finding files, and running the tools every job expects you to know. Includes the comm...

5 lessons 144 students
Tools 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

VS Code: Stop Fighting Your Editor

The editor features that actually change your day: multi-cursor, the command palette, go-to-definiti...

5 lessons 19 students
WordPress 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

WordPress for People Who Can Already Code

Ship client sites faster. How WordPress is put together, choosing plugins without wrecking the site,...

5 lessons 22 students
Web Development 5 lessons
Beginner Web Development

Forms That People Can Actually Fill In

Forms are where your site makes money and where most of it leaks away. Learn the markup that works o...

5 lessons 113 students
AI 5 lessons
Beginner Tools

Getting Paid: Client Work for Developers

The part nobody teaches. Scoping a job properly, quoting so you do not lose money, deposits and mile...

5 lessons 67 students
CSS 5 lessons
Beginner CSS

CSS Flexbox: Layouts That Actually Behave

Stop fighting with floats and margin hacks. Learn Flexbox the way you will actually use it: centerin...

5 lessons 51 students
Version Control 11 lessons
Beginner Tools

Git & GitHub for Developers

Version control, branching, pull requests, GitHub workflows. Every professional developer needs thes...

11 lessons 113 students
CSS 16 lessons
Beginner CSS

Responsive Web Design

Mobile-first design, media queries, fluid layouts. Make every website look great on every screen siz...

16 lessons 103 students
Design 16 lessons
Beginner Web Development

Build a Portfolio Website

Project-based course. Design and build a professional portfolio website from scratch, HTML, CSS, and...

16 lessons 152 students
5.0 (2)
CSS 10 lessons
Beginner CSS

CSS Mastery: From Zero to Beautiful

Flexbox, Grid, animations, transitions, and responsive design. Go from plain HTML to stunning interf...

10 lessons 90 students
JavaScript 10 lessons
Beginner JavaScript

JavaScript for Beginners

Make your websites interactive. Learn variables, functions, events and DOM manipulation....

10 lessons 93 students

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.

Academy Questions

Yes! Git & GitHub and Build a Portfolio Website are 100% free. Every paid course also has free preview lessons so you can try before buying.
Paystack (cards, mobile money, bank transfer, NGN, GHS, KES, ZAR, USD and more), M-Pesa for Kenya, and cryptocurrency via NOWPayments (BTC, ETH, USDT and 60+ coins). All prices auto-convert to your local currency.
Every lesson has an embedded live code editor with HTML, CSS, and JS tabs. Write code on one side, see the result instantly on the other. No setup, no installation, just open the lesson and start coding.
Yes! Complete all lessons in a course and a unique verifiable certificate is auto-generated. It has a code anyone can verify at merikagency.com/verify_certificate. Print or share it on LinkedIn.
Absolutely. Lessons have a 5-tab mobile layout, Theory, HTML, CSS, JS, and Preview. The full experience works on any smartphone, no app needed.
Every lesson has a hint button. You can also post in the Community feed where other learners and the Merik team can help. Pro members get priority support.
Early adopters lock in today's price. As more lessons and features are added, prices may rise, especially the Lifetime plan.
Not currently, lessons require an internet connection for the live playground and progress tracking.

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