i code so many headers for sites i contemplate but the further i go in the skin, the more i sweat nervously as i learn that i have no design ideas and then end up abandoning the project entirely

(no for real, if you go through all the skins in my codepen, you will notice the dramatic decrease in designs and innovation the further you get into the skin)

oh yeah same, absolutely

my confession? after the adrenaline of a new template wears off i'm always overcome with a disgusting amount of regret, not because i don't like the things i create, but because i know i'm disappointing every single professor i've ever had for web d&d. forum coding turns off my brain and makes me feel like i've regressed to caveman times.

I have returned to retract my previous sin about javascript: It has morphed from a coding hurdle to an impenetrable wall i'm forced to climb. I.. god help me, for I'm about to self teach myself this crap.

programming is actually a lot of fun. ngl it is a fair amount of work to get a point where you can make big things happen, but it's so satisfying when you do. html/css are still my favorite languages, but javascript is cool af. you won't regret learning it.

here are some resources i'd recommend:

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript - ongoing reference and learning, a good place to start
javascript.info/ - fantastic tutorials, open source and continuously edited by experts
www.codecademy.com/ - has a great text-based javascript course, you can write your code directly in their provided editor and it gives you feedback about what you're doing wrong
es6.io/ - wes bos has an amazing video-based tutorial series on javascript. also check out "javascript 30" for 30 days of projects.
teamtreehouse.com/home - subscription, video-based courses with quizzes and challenges, also great

God? Is that you?

adjkfl;sa I'm kidding, I love coding too, it's just.. the learning part of it all lmao, i'm a literal rock. but BLESS YOUR HEART you've made my day ya beautiful human being.

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Ever since I realized I can use absolute positioning to position things conveniently and stylistically, I have abused the crap out of it.

I think I'm also guilty of hovers. Hover effects everywhere.

I'm also extraordinarily guilty of not finishing many skins/templates I start. It's amazing how much higher my completion rate was when I first started skinning to what it is now.

skinning_irl

i've started doing physical mock-ups even for templates and honestly it's killed my motivation to code because i look at what i've drawn and i'm like i know 100% there's no way i'm going to put the effort into making it actually look like this

i like to code but i never, like, go out of my way to code something?? i only do it if i need or want something specific. the utility is there but not the artistic creativity u__u i wish i could pop out codes like a lot of y'all... with ur fanciness and ur animation things and your incredible variety