Final Project: Build, Ship, and Verify
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The build checklist, the shipping ritual, and the graded capstone verification that crowns the course.
Build milestone by milestone. When the checklist is green, ship:
The shipping ritual
- Git as you go — a history of meaningful commits tells the story of the build; it is also your undo button.
- README.md — what the site is, what it uses, how to view it.
- Deploy — GitHub Pages, as in Module 5. Share the link; a deployed project beats a perfect local one every time.
The pre-flight audit (do this yourself, then the grader checks it too)
- Resize from 375px to desktop — nothing breaks, nothing overflows
- Tab through the whole site — every interactive element reachable, focus visible
- Submit the empty form — clear, text (not color-only) error messages
- Check contrast on every text/background pair
- Run your one stateful feature, reload the page — the state survives
The capstone verification
The final challenge verifies the decisions a real build requires: layout approach, accessibility behavior, and workflow. It complements — never replaces — the site itself; the code below encodes the verification so your progress records the capstone honestly.
Passing it, with a deployed site behind you, you are done: a complete website, built by you, from nothing.
Where next: CSS deep-dives, TypeScript, React, backend with Node — every road starts from the foundations you now own.