3 ms·
Many years ago, when w3schools was truly terrible, a bunch of prominent developers created https://www.w3fools.com https://www.w3fools.com to promote MDN. Nowad
by hyperpape 8y ago
Many years ago, when w3schools was truly terrible, a bunch of prominent developers created https://www.w3fools.com https://www.w3fools.com to promote MDN. Nowadays, that site reads
Today, W3Schools has largely resolved these issues and addressed the majority of the undersigned developers' concerns. For many beginners, W3Schools has structured tutorials and playgrounds that offer a decent learning experience. Do keep in mind: a more complete education will certainly include MDN and other reputable resources.
- patrickaljord 8y agoI've always disagreed with this and hated the level of snobbism. w3schools was always better and still is better than MDN at what it is intended. w3school gives quick and simple answers to most basic web dev questions. MDN's examples are way more complex and are usually hidden under a wall of text, sure their documentation are more complete which is great if you're a student or need the whole spec. But if you're a dev trying to get something done, it's the best with stackoverflow now and github issues.
- hyperpape 8y agoI agree that MDN is not always at the right level of detail for a lot of questions, but the archived version of w3fools shows some truly awful errors. The w3schools content just didn't meet a minimal bar of accuracy back then.
- Yoric 8y agoSnobbism? I personally stopped visiting w3schools when I started finding more answers that were simply wrong than ones that were right. Glad to hear that it has improved since then, though.