↳ real code, real tools, real people
Code Club is where kids write actual code that runs in actual browsers. No toy syntax, no kiddie blocks, no pretending. HTML and CSS and JavaScript, then data and APIs and testing, culminating in a tool built for one specific person. The passion of making + the taste of making it right.
↳ the web is just text in a specific shape
Type your first tag. Save your first file. Open it in a browser. That moment when you see your own HTML rendered is where it starts.
↳ style is not decoration — it's communication
Learn how a couple of CSS rules can change how an entire page feels. Then learn when NOT to use them.
↳ now the page can listen
Add a button that actually does something. The jump from static to interactive is the biggest step in all of Code Club.
↳ it's not real until someone else can see it
Put your first page online where other people can visit it.
↳ if you can't see the data, you can't shape the code
Learn to see the shape of data, which is the core skill underneath every API, every database, every app.
↳ the internet is a pile of APIs, and now you can use them
Call a real API — including the Claude API. Your code stops being isolated and starts being connected.
↳ a bug you didn't catch is a bug your user will
Write tests. Catch a real bug. Feel the difference between "works in my browser" and "works."
↳ code is only ever for a person
Full project: Grandma's Big-Text Reader. Built in real code for a real grandma with real eyes.