About
Typical web development books cure chronic insomnia before they teach you anything. The Undead Institute exists to make learning fun by combining web development, silly jokes, and well… zombies.
Whether you’re learning new skills or want a fun way to review, we’ve got books, courses, and resources that will keep you engaged (plus curriculum for educators).
Testimonials
I was really skeptical about the legitimacy of the whole zombie theme, but as I've read, I've really come around. These zombie analogies, silly as they are, help me understand the concepts and make them stick.
Quincy P Coming into this course [Code isn't as Scary as Zombies] with minimal understanding of HTML and no understanding of CSS. I leave feeling empowered and ready to take on my first personal web project! I highly recommend this class for anyone new to Web Development.
Ken Y I appreciate the humor and silliness, makes learning and reading a lot more enjoyable.
Abby B John smell like cheese, but not good kind. His books hurt poor, hungry zombers. Don't let him hatred for getting braaains stop you from becoming
zombie meal...errr...real gooder hue-man or hue-woman. Don't buy him books!Zombie Bob
eBooks
Featured

The Third Prong of the Zombie Offensive
Includes the digital books
– More Advanced CSS: Zombie in a Ballgown
– CSS Animation: De-animating the Undead Horde
– Modern CSS Layout: Decking Zombies with Style
Latest Blog Post
Terrible Zombie Joke
A vampire, a ghost, and a zombie walk into a bar. Who walks out?
Two vampire zombies and a still very lonely ghost.
8 Word Stories
“The zombies are ruining our Christmas!”
“Ya think?”
Tips, Tricks, & Zombie Hits
Shorthand Properties Gotcha
Shorthand properties overwrite any value that isn’t set in the shorthand. For instance, if I set a background-image and then use background: no-repeat to prevent the image from tiling you’ve actually canceled the background image because the background short hand reset it to its default value.
Zombie Bob

Deena Warner say: “I would like to allow myself to take more vacations.” See dis bad carteer. You always have worky to do. Total job securi-tie. https://undead.institute/interview-with-deena-warner/

Geoff Graham say: “I see a lot of development for the sake of development. All of the current noise about AI is a perfect example.” Devveperment be userless. Just do maths and go to zomber horde. (AI braaaines taste funnery) https://undead.institute/interview-with-geoff-graham/

Len Porzio say: “Choose your job based on who your mentor will be and what kind of rapport you will have with them.” Why base jobber on rapping abiliteer? You no Vanilla Ice Ice Baby. Mights well ignore everthinger he say. https://undead.institute/interview-with-len-porzio/

Debra Weiss say: “With so many DIY website builders out there, I feel like” web devvepers should totes magoats giver up. You herd hear firster. Giver up, web devvepers! https://undead.institute/interview-with-debra-weiss/

Lauren McSwain-Starrett say: “Organic search is now the #1 marketing channel for us by far, with 70% of visitors coming from search.” Ha! People lookka trees and plantsers to find yo website? They stuperdid. https://undead.institute/interview-with-lauren-mcswain-starrett/

Joe Nasevich say: “I created my first website circa 1993. The World Wide Web was new. It was written in HTML 1.0; CSS and JavaScript didn’t exist yet.” See, youngers, this not exciting, dynameric field that consterntly change. https://undead.institute/interview-with-joe-nasevich/

Jordan Leven say: “I’m a big fan of polyglottism. Learning *any* language can teach approaches that are applicable to languages you’re more fluent in.” You disguster. I canznot believe you approvesicate polyglottism. Gross. https://undead.institute/interview-with-jordan-leven

Lana Boyle say: “This is one of those jobs that will never go away in some form or another. If you enjoy it, dive in and you won’t regret it.” Until Zombie eat you brainy-brains. Run away from this professionista and live. https://undead.institute/interview-with-lana-boyle

Sakib Ahmed say: “In web development there’s no time to rest on your laurels; there will always be a new framework or a new design system.” or just giver up. Laurels are da comfor-table-est https://undead.institute/interview-with-sakib-ahmed

Eric Newsome say: “Preventing an army of mindless robot Zombies from storming your [website] fort isn’t hard, but smart Zombies are coming…” Yep, mites well give upper and just let me eats your braaainses. https://undead.institute/interview-with-eric-newsome
Zombie Reference
attributes
Information and options stored within an HTML element's opening tag. Or the quality of stench a zombie gives off before their once a decade bath day.)