I need your help! - Developers

I am interested in programming in general, I love computers, and I enjoy working on the ins-and-outs. I am A+ CompTIA certified and am ready to achieve a new goal of mine of becoming a developer. At first I had to decide if I wanted to do computer programming or web programming, and I have prior knowledge of a few mark-up languages so I'm not a complete noob with web dev., although I would like to expand this bubble of knowledge. What steps should I take to becoming successful with html5, php, css, and java so that I can develop little applications or professional business websites? Thanks for all the help in advance and I look forward to hearing from some of the Facepunch coding gurus. *I'm sure there's a thread like this already but my search function won't work : ( I have also looked through this thread: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1165950[/url] .

@Quesadilla, You should do what I did when I was starting with HTML, learn some of it then master it before moving onto the next part of the language.. [URL="http://www.w3schools.com/"]http://www.w3schools.com/[/URL] W3Schools should get you on the right tracks :) Good Luck :)

[QUOTE=8BITCallum;36782908] [URL="http://www.w3schools.com/"]http://www.w3schools.com/[/URL] W3Schools should get you on the right tracks :))[/QUOTE] Lol. you're a funny kid. Seriously though, do not use w3schools at all. it's shit unless you just wanna look something up. If you really wanna learn things, start out by going to awesome looking sites, viewing the sources and seeing what goes where. Then get a book to start reading so you can learn exactly(not briefly) what each function does and how it operates.

I have used w3schools and I was not a fan. HTML is piss easy and I am trying to expand my knowledge. Thanks, though.

[QUOTE=Quesadilla;36725417]I am interested in programming in general, I love computers, and I enjoy working on the ins-and-outs. I am A+ CompTIA certified and am ready to achieve a new goal of mine of becoming a developer. At first I had to decide if I wanted to do computer programming or web programming, and I have prior knowledge of a few mark-up languages so I'm not a complete noob with web dev., although I would like to expand this bubble of knowledge. What steps should I take to becoming successful with html5, php, css, and java so that I can develop little applications or professional business websites? Thanks for all the help in advance and I look forward to hearing from some of the Facepunch coding gurus. *I'm sure there's a thread like this already but my search function won't work : ( I have also looked through this thread: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1165950[/url] .[/QUOTE] first you want to learn everything you possibly can about HTML/CSS as these two components are essential to constructing a web page or applet, then once you are comfortable in your knowledge of those move onto java/javascript. then you should be able to create your own webpages/applets. PROTIP:w3schools is only good for looking things up or viewing examples of how things should be done or what they should look like. Don't use it as a base learning tool. get a good understanding of code then look at other webpage's code to learn how thing function, work, and what they should look like. good luck, and have fun.