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100% agree. I learned so much off W3Schools. Yeah, it's sometimes inaccurate. But the information is a million times better than reading some WC3 specs or Mozil

by Diamons 14y ago

100% agree. I learned so much off W3Schools. Yeah, it's sometimes inaccurate. But the information is a million times better than reading some WC3 specs or Mozilla's developer guides. Often I see people link to MSDN or Mozilla's developer network when asked for how to learn web development, and all I think to myself as I see that is that if it were me, I would just quit. The content is explained in a way that's just not user friendly for someone who wants to learn for the first time.

pjscott 14y ago
Thank you. A lot of people forget what it was like to be a newbie, confused by denser sources of information, and just looking for something that presents the basics in an accessible way.
nickpresta 14y ago
I would argue that http://htmldog.com/ http://htmldog.com/ or the MDN (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/) are much better resources for even the newbie. Correct information always trumps easily accessible information. It isn't like the MDN is hard to navigate or anything, anyways. For comparison sake: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/article https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/articl... http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_article.asp http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_article.asp With the exception of the "try it yourself" link, the MDN page has everything the W3School's page has, and then some, as well as being more accurate as it contains version numbers, links to the spec, as well as related usage notes.
- ChuckMcM 14y ago
  There is a huge difference between w3schools and these web sites, you can type in stuff on one side and see it on the other. I know that seems silly but its so helpful for people learning, is there anywhere else where they have that sort of setup?
  - nickpresta 14y ago
    There are many sites like that. The one I use most frequently is http://jsfiddle.net/ http://jsfiddle.net/
  - carey 14y ago
    Mozilla have their own called Thimble at https://thimble.webmaker.org/ https://thimble.webmaker.org/. Some more interaction between MDN and Thimble would be nice.
- aw3c2 14y ago
  The w3schools link shows the example right away, with the Mozilla link I have scroll half way down the page to find it.

by Diamons 14y ago

pjscott 14y ago

Thank you. A lot of people forget what it was like to be a newbie, confused by denser sources of information, and just looking for something that presents the basics in an accessible way.

nickpresta 14y ago

I would argue that http://htmldog.com/ http://htmldog.com/ or the MDN (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/) are much better resources for even the newbie. Correct information always trumps easily accessible information. It isn't like the MDN is hard to navigate or anything, anyways. For comparison sake: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/article https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/articl... http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_article.asp http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_article.asp With the exception of the "try it yourself" link, the MDN page has everything the W3School's page has, and then some, as well as being more accurate as it contains version numbers, links to the spec, as well as related usage notes.

ChuckMcM 14y ago
There is a huge difference between w3schools and these web sites, you can type in stuff on one side and see it on the other. I know that seems silly but its so helpful for people learning, is there anywhere else where they have that sort of setup?
- nickpresta 14y ago
  There are many sites like that. The one I use most frequently is http://jsfiddle.net/ http://jsfiddle.net/
- carey 14y ago
  Mozilla have their own called Thimble at https://thimble.webmaker.org/ https://thimble.webmaker.org/. Some more interaction between MDN and Thimble would be nice.
aw3c2 14y ago
The w3schools link shows the example right away, with the Mozilla link I have scroll half way down the page to find it.