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Prakyath P Karkera
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🍳 How I Built & Deployed My Recipe Listing Website β€” My Second Static Project

Hey Devs πŸ‘‹,

I recently built a simple Recipe Listing Website as a personal learning project β€” and I’d love to share how I did it, what I learned, and what’s next!

Home Page Desktopview

Home Page Desktopview

Home Page Mobileview

Home Page Mobileview<br>

πŸ“Œ The Idea

I wanted to practice my HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript skills by building something practical β€” so I picked a recipe website where I could:
*Show a clean grid of recipes.
*Keep it responsive and simple.
*Deploy it for free for anyone to see.

βš™οΈ The Tech Stack

HTML & CSS: For structure and styling.
JavaScript: Basic interactivity (optional for now).
Netlify: For free hosting with continuous deployment.
GitHub: For version control & repo hosting.

πŸ—‚οΈ Features

Here’s what the website does right now:
Displays recipes in a simple card layout.
Fully responsive for desktop and mobile.
Clean, minimal design.
Hosted live on Netlify β€” no backend needed!

πŸ”— Check it Out!

Live Website: https://recipe-listing-web.netlify.app/
GitHub Repo: https://github.com/karkeraprakyath/Recipe-website

✨ What I Learned

This project helped me understand:
βœ… How to structure a static website.
βœ… How to use CSS Grid/Flexbox for responsive cards.
βœ… How to deploy easily with Netlify and connect it with GitHub.
βœ… How to plan simple features for real users.

πŸš€ What’s Next

While the website works well as a static site, I plan to:
Add search & filter functionality.
Link each card to a single recipe detail page.
Integrate a headless CMS so I don’t have to hard-code recipes.
Maybe rebuild it with React or Next.js for dynamic rendering.

πŸ’‘ Final Thoughts

If you’re learning web dev, I highly recommend building a small static site and deploying it.
It’s the best way to learn version control, hosting, and real-world structure β€” much more fun than just tutorials!

πŸ™Œ Feedback Welcome!

I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
πŸ‘‰ What would you add or build next? Drop a comment!

Thanks for reading!
Feel free to connect with me on www.linkedin.com/in/prakyathkarkera and check out my other projects.

html #css #javascript #webdev #beginners #netlify #opensource

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