The latest articles on DEV Community by Shawn (@shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2). https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2194423%2F32c896a2-a654-404b-a64f-a22fd4f4aad3.png https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2 en Shawn Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:55:52 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/freecodecamp-role-playing-3h3e https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/freecodecamp-role-playing-3h3e <p>Finally finished all 173 steps of the FreeCodeCamp role-playing game Javascript, now to tackle the calorie counter</p> webdev programming javascript beginners Shawn Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:09:31 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/pyramid-generator-with-javascript-100-50em https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/pyramid-generator-with-javascript-100-50em <p>I learned how to build a pyramid generator with Javascript a little bit back, and I'm continuing to master Javascript by learning how to build an RPG game from scratch! Coding in multiple languages opens so many avenues. </p> webdev programming javascript beginners Shawn Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:29:02 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/created-a-ferris-wheel-47l7 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/created-a-ferris-wheel-47l7 <p>Recently created a rainbow ferris wheel in free code camp! It looks super cool with the color change!</p> css programming webdev beginners Shawn Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:35:40 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/learn-css-grid-by-building-a-magazine-completed-4gid https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/learn-css-grid-by-building-a-magazine-completed-4gid <p>This was a slightly difficult one, I had to get some help. But I've done all 80 steps in the Magazine. Now I'm learning how to build a rainbow ferris wheel! It looks awesome!</p> webdev programming beginners learning Shawn Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:16:02 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/learn-css-variables-by-building-a-city-skyline-complete-3936 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/learn-css-variables-by-building-a-city-skyline-complete-3936 <p>I recently completed all 118 steps of the "Learn CSS Variables by Building a City Skyline" module in "FreeCodeCamp"! I am doing great!</p> webdev programming beginners css Shawn Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:40:43 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/elif-or-if-that-is-my-question-3h9l https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/elif-or-if-that-is-my-question-3h9l <p>Hello! I've recently started out with Python, and I want to know more about elif and if statements. I'm confused by which is more appropriate at one time so you can successfully speak to the computer. Could you give me some examples of when you would use elif over if and vice versa? Thank you DEV community!</p> webdev beginners python discuss Shawn Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:23:47 +0000 https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/rock-doesnt-beat-scissors-replit-sees-it-as-a-tie-help-4hob https://dev.to/shurwood_840b883d3a1ae4a2/rock-doesnt-beat-scissors-replit-sees-it-as-a-tie-help-4hob <p>Hello! I was trying to follow a video and create the above replit, however, whenever I click "Run", no matter what option I pick: rock, paper, or scissors, the computer will choose a random input, but I have it set up in the code to where, if I chose rock and the computer chose scissors, it should say "You Won!", not "It's a tie!" I'm just starting out with Python, but would love to know where I've gone wrong with the code to fix it. For reference, the video I am using is: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWRfhZUzrAc" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWRfhZUzrAc</a>". Thank you!</p> beginners tutorial programming python