Web Dev with an AI Sidekick

Learning to code has always meant a lot of trial and error, and Web Dev with an AI Sidekick is built around the idea that AI tools can make that process faster and less frustrating without skipping the fundamentals. Mark J. Price walks complete beginners through the core building blocks of web development — HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the broader landscape of how websites actually work — while consistently showing how to use AI assistants to debug, explain, and accelerate the learning process along the way. The book is substantial at 730 pages, giving it room to go deep rather than rushing through topics, and its hands-on structure means readers are building real projects throughout rather than just reading theory. What makes this approach valuable is the balance it strikes: AI isn’t treated as a way to skip understanding the fundamentals, but as a tool that helps reinforce them. For anyone starting from zero who wants a modern, practical entry point into web development, this fills that role well.

Author: Mark J. Price.