Hey guys, I'm here for some [B]answers[/B].
I got into HTML & CSS a long time ago, but I really never had the time to learn it. Now I have a month & half to learn the languages. So here are my questions:
[B]1.[/B] What strategies did you guys do when learning your first language?
[B]2.[/B] Where can I learn HTML & CSS?
[B]3.[/B] After learning almost everything about HTML & CSS can I move on to more advanced scripting i.e. PHP and Javascript?
[B]4.[/B] How long will it take to get the hang of HTML and CSS, and how long did it take you?
These are all my questions, if you guys can answer them, that will be great!
To answer where you can start, check out [URL="http://www.codecademy.com/learn"]Codeacademy[/URL]. They are interactive lessons that walk you through website basics then on to design. From there you can branch out to other things you may be interested in like Javascript, PHP, and Python. A cool aspect of the site is the way it tracks your progress through each lesson so you can feel like you're making progress. It may seem super simple when you start the lesson but it gets better as you go. Essentially it expects you to know nothing about HTML when you begin, so you start at square one.
HTML and CSS are very easy once you know the basics and learn to have a more technical mindset when it comes to thinking about how webpages look and operate. You could easily learn both if you take a weekend and knockout some Codeacademy lessons.
Like almost anything else, you won't ever learn or memorize everything you will need to know. Professional web developers & programmers keep reference books at close-hand, and there are resources online to help you when you need to doublecheck things. [del]I reference [URL]http://www.w3schools.com/[/URL] almost daily for quickly looking up things I'm not 100% sure on, and[/del] [I]See below[/I]. I'm sure there's hundreds of other websites you'll come across that you will have bookmarked for quick reference.
I'm on Codeacademy right now, and I took the first 3 lessons. I really like how the website is set up and how the lessons are. I will probably take a week off to learn HTML & CSS. Thanks for the help, and great answers by the way! I will probably order a book next Friday, but anyways thanks for the references and tips.
[QUOTE=Anoncruz;41578571]Hey guys, I'm here for some [B]answers[/B].
I got into HTML & CSS a long time ago, but I really never had the time to learn it. Now I have a month & half to learn the languages. So here are my questions:
[B]1.[/B] What strategies did you guys do when learning your first language?
[B]2.[/B] Where can I learn HTML & CSS?
[B]3.[/B] After learning almost everything about HTML & CSS can I move on to more advanced scripting i.e. PHP and Javascript?
[B]4.[/B] How long will it take to get the hang of HTML and CSS, and how long did it take you?
These are all my questions, if you guys can answer them, that will be great![/QUOTE]
I learned them at codeacademy, great website to start off. If you really work, it takes like 5 hours to learnt he basics of html & css haha. But after that I'd go to java script
What I always do to learn is take some real practice. I suggest you learn javascript, hmtl and css at the same time.
Start a project. A small programmed website or maybe a web app with something like meteor ([url]http://www.meteor.com/[/url]).
It will be hard and you will have questions. The best place to find answers to your specific questions is [url]http://stackoverflow.com/[/url]
Alright, I learned a TON of coding today, I mean a TON of coding. (Well basic stuff) This was the first day of learning and Codecademy taught me so much. I'm done with HTML & CSS basics, I'm going to start further into it, after I now pretty much all there is too now about HTML & CSS I will start Javascript. Also when I start using Javascript I will practice with Meteor, it looks like a good resource, thanks. :smile:
My question is, is this a good idea?
You may be in over your head with Meteor but it is a good way to learn.
[QUOTE=Olas;41578689]Like almost anything else, you won't ever learn or memorize everything you will need to know. Professional web developers & programmers keep reference books at close-hand, and there are resources online to help you when you need to doublecheck things. I reference [URL]http://www.w3schools.com/[/URL] almost daily for quickly looking up things I'm not 100% sure on, and I'm sure there's hundreds of other websites you'll come across that you will have bookmarked for quick reference.[/QUOTE]
Please don't use w3schools, op. I used to reference it when I was new-ish and I got lost with the stupidly outdated (sometimes wrong) information. Use something more reliable for reference, such as [url]http://htmldog.com[/url]
[QUOTE=Cowabanga;41584783]Please don't use w3schools, op. I used to reference it when I was new-ish and I got lost with the stupidly outdated (sometimes wrong) information. Use something more reliable for reference, such as [url]http://htmldog.com[/url][/QUOTE]
Sorry it was the only one I could think of at the time. It's what was popular 7 or 8 years ago when I had a web design class in high school. I've never looked at their tutorials though, only to double check formalities.
1/2. Use codeacademy like people have suggested, and I also suggest coming up with your own project idea to work on, something that interests you even if you have no plan of making it open to the public (I made a lot of gaming sites when I first started). Partially it will help keeping you interested, so you don't burn yourself out reading too much and get bored, and also because it will help teach you how you can use what you're learning in practical ways.
3. Of course, there's loads of different things you can learn as well as javascript/PHP.
4. In a few hours you could know enough of the basics to start making a basic website, but at the same time you could be learning for years and still not know everything, the industry is constantly evolving and being updated. I've been using HTML & CSS for several years and I'm still constantly finding new stuff to learn, not just in the languages themselves, but in the whole process that surrounds it.
I recently coded my website and it amazes me how much time flys by when doing it.. I always think "Ill see how this code changes that then game for a bit" and end up doing it for the rest of the night haha
[URL]http://reference.sitepoint.com/html[/URL] is the other one I have had bookmarked
[QUOTE=andersonmat;41589294]Yeah, w3schools sucks: [url]http://www.w3fools.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
W3Fools used to have a big list with all the problems but now w3schools seems to have corrected them, probably using w3fools.
[QUOTE=CBastard;41590351]W3Fools used to have a big list with all the problems but now w3schools seems to have corrected them, probably using w3fools.[/QUOTE]
I see, like.. the entire page is gone now
i'd use the neopets guild tutorial over w3schools
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