💻 #70: Build a 3D portfolio site with three.js🔮
Learn to add 3D elements to your websites with three.js
Hi everyone! 👋
If you're a web developer looking to land a job, using three.js to build your portfolio website is an awesome way to show off your skills. With three.js, you can make cool 3D animations and graphics that are interactive and totally eye-catching. Plus, having a three.js portfolio shows that you're up-to-date with the latest web tech and really passionate about what you do. Basically, using three.js can help you stand out from the crowd and catch the attention of potential employers.
Tutorial of the week:
Length: 3 hours
This weekend’s tutorial is by JavaScriptMastery, he consistently put out fantastic work.
What you’ll learn this weekend:
React.js ⚛️
Three.js 🔮
3 creative projects of the week:
1. aiwizard.ai
This site aggregates AI tools for various topics:
2. Bruno Simon
Three.js
Keeping the theme of this weekend’s tutorial, this developer turned their personal site into a 3D interactive browser game. It’s absolutely outstanding.
Here’s also a video demo of the site in case you’re on mobile or it’s not loading for you:
3. Chronology Clock
This website takes the current time and converts it into a year and displays a historical fact about that year. Very cool web project that would be great to show on a portfolio! Great idea!
I teamed up with Udemy to bring you a discount as a new user. If you’re looking to grab a course on web development courses start at $14.99!
That’s all folks!
I hope you enjoyed this weekend’s edition of Weekend Web Dev!
If you create anything please share it with me on Twitter or reply to this email!
I’d love to see what you’re building.
Your fellow weekend developer,
Here are some excellent beginner resources for learning JavaScript
Mozilla Developer Network - the leading resource on JS
FreeCodeCamp - free course
CodeAcademy - intro to javascript - free course
Odin Project - full stack javascript - free course
Eloquent Javascript - book (many people struggle with this book)
javascript.info - reference resource
Traversy Crash Course in Javascript - video series
Intermediate/advanced material
JavaScript Design Patterns - free book
Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming - free book
What the heck is the event loop anyway? - JSConf talk about the event loop
Understanding the Weird Parts - paid course covering more advanced topics
Deep JavaScript: Theory & Techniques - free book
Software
Code Sandboxes
Other handy sites