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LookOut
For what I've been told, HTML looks a bit outdated now, with all the new languages that are out (CSS, php, etc. etc.).
That said, CSS is not really that much harder than HTML. I learned it myself, and I find it easier to edit (if you edit the stuff in your css, all html pages are updated, instead of having to edit each html page separately).
Post by
Fathios
I actually took an HTML class way back in 8th grade. I forget pretty much everything I learned though, lol.
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124027
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Murrdurr
AH good ol HTML. I remember getting a O'Reilly Book on HTML like 13yrs ago and learning it on my own. Would write the entire code out in Notepad and edit it that way also. I got into other languages shortly after. I stopped web coding when php was the new hot thing to learn. I still kinda kept uptodate on new things. I could easily jump right back into it if i wanted to but dont have the time. If you can find the e-book of O'Reillys HTML book then download it, its probably out of date but it was a great book.
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pelf
Sorry to pick on you, LookOut, but...
For what I've been told, HTML looks a bit outdated now, with all the new languages that are out (CSS, php, etc. etc.).
Saying something comparing HTML to "newer stuff" like CSS doesn't make sense.
HTML is, in current parlance, effectively XML with a defined schema. CSS is a language that (like XPATH) allows you to select nodes in an XML heirarchy and then attach formatting directives to that node.
PHP is a server-side scripting language that
can
be used to write data to the response that a server provides to clients after a request. Sometimes it returns HTML. Sometimes it returns JSON. Sometimes... it rains.
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255496
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pelf
Exactly that. I'm a huge proponent of learning by copying and modifying. Also, to add further to what Krypter said, if you are learning HTML, learn the modern way of designing rather than the older way. Use CSS for layout. Without your stylesheet applied, your page should look like a long column of text and images.
Also, if you do that, don't even try to support early versions of Internet Explorer unless you want to hate your life. I'm sorry, Wowhead
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421339
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pelf
If you use Firefox, get Firebug. It gives you very convenient access to the HTML, CSS and Javascript that drives the sites you visit.
Don't try copying Wowhead's Javascript unless you are a masochist, though.
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421339
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pelf
I'd suggest getting Firefox just for web development so you can use Firebug. It's really that good. Some other Chrome users might be able to tell you if there's an equivalent for Chrome.
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Phaleux
Chrome has builtin developer tools, and there is also Firebug Lite, which has many of the features you'd use for learning HTML/CSS:
http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/chrome/
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pelf
There you go! Thanks Phaleux.
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