Watch.Steve is a project by me, Steve Klabnik. Every Monday I'll post a new screencast about computer programming. The first series of episodes is called 'Basics of Web Programming.' It's designed to teach you all about making web applications, starting from the ground up. No previous programming kn…
I explain the basics of using Sinatra, a Ruby library that's used to make dynamic websites.
We start exploring the very basics of programming, using Ruby. We write our first Ruby program, and I let you know where you can go to learn more!
I cover the very basic of HTML forms, which are used to provide input to your web application.
I cover the very basics of HTML, and we build a tiny web page that you can open up on your own computer with a browser.
I go a bit further in detail about HTTP, and talk about status codes, verbs, and using curl to make requests without a browser.
The first episode of my "Basics of Web Programming" series. I explain HTTP and the request/response cycle.