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Ask HN: Learning HTML

4 points by sqg 13y ago

Hello everyone. My girlfriend wants to learn HTML & CSS (she makes jewelry and wants to manage her website personally), and I was hoping you'd be able to help me out with a few recommendations. The only stipulation is that they must be free to access. She is open to a variety of learning styles, so a wide range of approaches is acceptable, from step-by-step tutorials to videos. I'm a web developer myself, but I've either forgotten a lot of the places that helped me when I first started out, or they just don't exist anymore. Thanks again for your help.

Jeremy1026 13y ago
Can't provide any suggestions for where to go, but I do have one very strong recommendation as to where to stay away from, that being w3schools.com (w3fools.com).
alfasin 13y ago
There are tones of online tutorials (just google it) and she might like some more than others so my best advice is just to try a few. Personally, I like interactive tutorials, like the one codecademy offers: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-HZA3b?curriculum_id=5035038ff76159000200b73c http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-HZA3b?curr...
georgebonnr 13y ago
codecademy, treehouse, codeschool
QuantumGuy 13y ago
Codeacademy.com you cannot go wrong there. It is a great starting place with lessons that teach you by making you code. Best way to learn anything IMO.
usr_ 13y ago
A wide range of approaches is also important to be able to understand HTML, or any subject for that matter. I personally learned from video series from multiple sources. Videos are becoming widely popular since more people prefer watching over reading. The New Boston (http://www.thenewboston.com http://www.thenewboston.com), PHP Academy (http://www.youtube.com/phpacademy http://www.youtube.com/phpacademy) - search for their CSS playlist, and Treehouse (http://www.youtube.com/gotreehouse http://www.youtube.com/gotreehouse or http://www.teamtreehouse.com http://www.teamtreehouse.com) For an interactive learning source, I recommend Code Academy (http://www.codeacademy.com http://www.codeacademy.com).
zachlatta 13y ago
Sit down with her and make a plain-HTML website. Walk her through the process and get her hooked. Then introduce her to CSS and then, once she's really comfortable with both HTLM and CSS, Javascript.

4 points by sqg 13y ago

Jeremy1026 13y ago

Can't provide any suggestions for where to go, but I do have one very strong recommendation as to where to stay away from, that being w3schools.com (w3fools.com).

alfasin 13y ago

There are tones of online tutorials (just google it) and she might like some more than others so my best advice is just to try a few. Personally, I like interactive tutorials, like the one codecademy offers: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-HZA3b?curriculum_id=5035038ff76159000200b73c http://www.codecademy.com/courses/web-beginner-en-HZA3b?curr...

georgebonnr 13y ago

codecademy, treehouse, codeschool

QuantumGuy 13y ago

Codeacademy.com you cannot go wrong there. It is a great starting place with lessons that teach you by making you code. Best way to learn anything IMO.

usr_ 13y ago

A wide range of approaches is also important to be able to understand HTML, or any subject for that matter. I personally learned from video series from multiple sources. Videos are becoming widely popular since more people prefer watching over reading. The New Boston (http://www.thenewboston.com http://www.thenewboston.com), PHP Academy (http://www.youtube.com/phpacademy http://www.youtube.com/phpacademy) - search for their CSS playlist, and Treehouse (http://www.youtube.com/gotreehouse http://www.youtube.com/gotreehouse or http://www.teamtreehouse.com http://www.teamtreehouse.com) For an interactive learning source, I recommend Code Academy (http://www.codeacademy.com http://www.codeacademy.com).

zachlatta 13y ago

Sit down with her and make a plain-HTML website. Walk her through the process and get her hooked. Then introduce her to CSS and then, once she's really comfortable with both HTLM and CSS, Javascript.