Most industry reports and hiring editors will now cite at least a basic level of code needed for digital roles in the newsroom.

And while there are many apps and tools to help you brush up on your HTML or JavaScript skills in your free time, there are also plenty of free platforms available for designing a slick website without putting too much time and effort into it.

The folks at Product Hunt have rounded up 15 tools to help you set up a website without code, including Carrd, a free service for building and hosting one-page sites, and Bubble, for making web and mobile apps with a drag and drop feature.

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