From Code to Cloud [Ep1] - Web App Essentials Build-Along

Getting started in web development can seem overwhelming, since there are so many different technologies to bring together! From front end to back end code, from storage to deployment, where do you even start?!

In this four episode series I'll take web dev back to basics, and travel the path of the essential code and tech you need to get your own web app running and accessible on the internet.

See all episodes here:
https://aka.ms/codetocloudseries

In the first episode we'll get a web app working locally that shows a custom event invitation! We'll start by setting up a few tools for development that will line us up for web app success!

• VS Code with Python and Flask
• A Python Virtual Environment
• A GitHub repository

Then we'll get onto coding our event invite web app by setting up our Flask server, and creating our first HTML template and CSS styes for our invitation page.

I'll then show you how you can get involved with open source projects on GitHub, so you can give coding your own themed event invitation a go and contribute it to our collection!

To complete prior to the session:
https://aka.ms/pythoninstallvscode

Additional Resources:
https://aka.ms/introtogithubep1

https://aka.ms/codetocloudgithub

Your Speaker:
Renee is the Regional Cloud Advocate for the Sydney Reactor and the Australia region. She's passionate about technology, education, community, and bringing them all together in-person and online.

A self-proclaimed "Jane of all trades", Renee has worked in sectors across tech, outreach, and education. She's worked in ML and web development in the past, dabbles in embedded tech, and is always keen to learn more!

Renee is a passionate women in tech advocate, spending her spare time leading the Girls' Programming Network to support women and girls in tech. She also runs her own business, ConnectEd Code, working to bring exciting coding opportunities to kids and teachers. Beside teaching and tech she loves swing dancing, cats, and having a ridiculous number of plants