Where to start?

[Frank]

Hi, I’m new to web development, straight off the Codecademy.com HTML/CSS course. I’m not sure how to use Procoding, i.e. I’m not sure whether my HTML and CSS go in the canvas or in the editor. I assume I use new HTML5 sketch or new HTML5 canvas sketch (not sure which)? What about the CSS?

[audiocommander]

Hi Frank,

don’t know where you got that idea, but Procoding is not a HTML/CSS editor, but a JavaScript Editor.

While you can add HTML and CSS as resources (currently not editable on iOS, a feature that is planned and will come eventually), the main focus of Procoding is to code small JavaScript based sketches.

Please have a look at the provided demos, (automatically installed on iOS, right below the File > Open menu on OS X). Some of them contain additional resources, some of them don’t.

I’m not sure if you’re talking about the OS X or the iOS version,
Procoding Mobile also contains a help section that explains the features of the templates and has many links to useful sites and online tutorials that should help you to get started.

Weather or not to use the Canvas or non-Canvas template… I can’t say, depends on what you want to do ;-)

Best,
Michael

[audiocommander]

ps: of course there’s also the included offline reference with loads of infos… on iOS, I recommend to check the “Eloquent JS” section, which you can also find here: http://eloquentjavascript.net

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