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w3schools is the single worst 'developer' site on the entire web. The very worst. If there was a single site I would have delisted from google, purged from cach
by blasdel 16y ago
w3schools is the single worst 'developer' site on the entire web. The very worst. If there was a single site I would have delisted from google, purged from caches, and it's maintainer burned at the stake, this is it. I'd settle for him just having his PageRank taken out back and shot.
It's composed entirely of mangled versions of ancient official documentation, corrupted with hearsay, riddled with content-styled ads, and scummily trading on the name of the bureaucrats that attempt to be authoritative on the whole mess. Every single example he provides manages to be a horrifying implementation of 'worst practice'.
http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html is the browser reference you want.
For backend stuff, go to the upstream developers, not some bullshit artist that's manage to paraphrase and SEO his way to being king of the shitpile.
- knieveltech 16y agoI suppose I'll risk further downvoting and respond here. I don't disagree with any particular point you've made except one: it isn't a developer site. A developer (read anyone with sufficient technical background and experience to actually write code) doesn't need or want the kind of shit that site is peddling. But for someone with zero technical background the site actually does a pretty good job of providing enough of an introduction for someone to get a toehold on the material.