Angela opened the code live, found the line, fixed it, and refreshed. The login worked.
And she would smile, open her laptop, and show them her first landing page—the ugly gray boxes, the ransom-note font. web development by angela yu
She was a second-year computer science student, drowning in syntax and semicolons, when her professor assigned the final project: “Build a full-stack web app that solves a real problem.” Most students groaned. Angela panicked. Angela opened the code live, found the line,
Angela didn’t get the highest grade. But she got something better: a GitHub portfolio with a real app, a growing understanding of how the web actually worked, and a quiet confidence that she could build anything she imagined. She was a second-year computer science student, drowning
Week one: She built a personal landing page. Ugly. Gray boxes. A font that looked like a ransom note. But it was hers .
Week six: Her first full-stack app— StudyPals. A simple platform where students could form virtual study groups. Users could sign up, create a group, post a topic, and leave comments.