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After the initial sessions with the learners and the basics of web
programming are solid, different approaches can be taken.

It is important to, at a certain point, abandon the block-coding and start working
directly with code and make them comfortable writing and modifying it. This can
be done by reusing the code created through CodeDragon or by writing an HTML

file from scratch.

If the learners create a file in their computer with the ‘.html’ extension, they will

have the possibility to write the code on this file and open it locally in their
browsers.

In order to edit the code, a code editor with HTML syntax highlighting is advised,

for example Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code.

In this way, the learners can start to work on the code locally and see the changes

immediately by refreshing the browser.

Different activities can be done in order to help the learners get confident in
modifying the code:

• Correcting HTML and CSS errors in a simple website provided by the
teacher/trainers.

• Modifying a website already provided by the teacher to change it based on
the learner's hobbies.
• If the learners have enough knowledge, adding JavaScript to the website to
add more features.

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