I would like a very simple introduction to web development, from the basics of HTML and CSS, to the proper use of JavaScript; and all without getting bogged down in complicated textbooks.

I’ve been working with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (as well as dozens of programming languages in more environments than I can remember) for over 20 years. While there are some excellent resources online (I recommend w3schools), I believe web development is a very simple topic that is often unnecessarily complicated.

I created a simple set of 9 lessons for learning basic web development. This includes HTML, CSS, and some simple JavaScript (including callback functions to JSONP APIs), everything you need to make and maintain websites.

You can find the lessons here
http://avant.net/lessons/

It’s also available on Github
https://github.com/timwarnock/lessons