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+title: Web and JavaScript Game Design Tutorials
+sub_title: LinkLists
+description: A list of sites housing scans from a bunch of public domain comic books, mostly from the 40s and 50s.
+date_pub: 2013-10-13T18:12:00-04:00
+date_upd: 2022-09-17T01:21:00-04:00
+content_type: feature
+section: web
+subsection: linklists
+---
+
+_Compiled 2012-07-23 / Verified 2022-09-17_
+
+The other day (_over a decade ago, as of last update_), my nephew asked me for some advice on learning how to code. Having been a code monkey myself since 3rd grade, I can appreciate the desire to learn coding in general, and game development (his preferred specialty) in particular.
+
+But, things have change alot in the <strike>25</strike> 30+ years since I first learned, and I suspect that learning BASIC on an Apple IIe is no longer the preferred starting method (or even terribly useful). So, after some brief thought, I suggested he learn the art of JavaScript (and the HTML that surrounds it), which I prefer for several reasons:
+
+1. it's simple (or, at least, can be, with the right libraries),
+2. it's powerful, thanks to the modern JS engines in Chrome and Firefox, and
+3. it's relevant in this modern, interconnected world.
+
+So, in order to simplify the transfer of knowledge for him, I present the Web and JavaScript Game Design Tutorials LinkList, as compiled July 23rd, 2012. The links were last verified on September 17, 2022.
+
+### Links
+
+-   [W3Schools.com](https://www.w3schools.com/) - I've been a fan of this site for years, and found them to be an invaluable resource as I honed my own JavaScript skills. They have basic and advanced tutorials in both [HTML](https://www.w3schools.com/html/) and [JavaScript](https://www.w3schools.com/js/), as well as lots of examples and references.
+
+-   [Tizag](http://www.tizag.com/) - Well I'm not particularly familiar with this site, they look like they have some good from-the-ground-up tutorials on everything from [HTML](http://www.tizag.com/beginnerT/) and [JavaScript](http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/) to [Perl](http://www.tizag.com/perlT/) and [Flash](http://www.tizag.com/flashTutorial/) (and lots of stuff in between).
+
+-   [Developing HTML5 Canvas Games for Facebook with JavaScript](http://manuel.kiessling.net/2012/04/02/tutorial-developing-html5-canvas-games-for-facebook-with-javascript-part-1/) - A more specific tutorial, written by a developer who wanted to teach his 5-year-old son about video games. Steps through the building of a simple space-shooting game.
+
+-   [Codeacademy](https://www.codecademy.com/) - A relatively new tutorial site, with a social bend. Sign in via Facebook, and earn badges and achievments while you learn. Looks like it might be a great way to learn, as it seems to start right out with an interactive JavaScript command line.
+
+-   [Eloquent JavaScript](https://eloquentjavascript.net/) - A free ((Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution, for those that care about such things.)) ebook designed to be a "modern introduction to programming" by way of the JavaScript language.
+
+-   _The Very Simple Tic-Tac-Toe Tutorial Using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript_ (formerly at http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/247361-simple-tic-tac-toe-using-html5-css3-and-javascript/) - The name says it all. A single page tutorial posted to the dreamincode.net forums, covering the step-by-step process of developing a simple game. Link down as of 2022-09-17\_
+
+-   [HTML5 Games 101 - An introductory tutorial to HTML5 Games](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/230794/HTML5-Games-101-An-introductory-tutorial-to-HTML5) - Another step-by-step tutorial, this one demonstrating how to build a simple snake game.
+
+-   [MDN - Learn Web Development](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn) _(New)_ - The Mozilla Developer's Network is a treasure trove of information, with tutorials and reference material for all levels of developer.