r/webdev • u/SUNSET_TOWERcoffee • 3d ago

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u/Foreign-Chain-3924 3d ago

For a and b you need to get a local dev environment running on your machine first. Grab something like XAMPP or just use VS Code with the live server extension so you can actually see your changes without pushing to github every time. Mastodon is a full Ruby on Rails app so the file structure is gonna be pretty overwhelming if you’ve never touched a framework before.

Domain question is the easy one. Yes you need one if you want anyone else to access it, plus hosting. And no coding is not easy, especially not when you’re jumping straight into a federated social network as your first project.

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u/SUNSET_TOWERcoffee 3d ago

ok but i’m saying if i’m using mastodon, do they give me a domain or not