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I have similar experience. When I built my blog (Jekyll) I knew nothing about css/html so I was constantly tweaking elements in an inefficient way. Now I have f

I have similar experience. When I built my blog (Jekyll) I knew nothing about css/html so I was constantly tweaking elements in an inefficient way. Now I have finish some basic css/html books/tutorials I have much better understanding what I was doing. When learning new things, reading a book first works best for me. You might feel slow at the beginning, but it'll pay you off in the long run.

jwdunne 14y ago
For CSS/HTML, things like Firebug and Webkit Inspector can help massively too. You cut out the edit-save-refresh process across two applications out. You can usually cycle across available properties and their valid values too, which makes it even better for learning. Seeing things in real-time as opposed to refreshing over is a much better way to learn, based on my experience. It's a shame we can't do this with more stuff. I guess, in general terms, anything that cuts the time between writing code and seeing results will be a great help to you. Not only that, these tools will stay with you as you progress past a beginner stage since they'll always provide that efficiency boost.