Seriously?? No. W3schools is NOT a good reference. It is full of mistakes. Avoid.
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Seriously?? No. W3schools is NOT a good reference. It is full of mistakes. Avoid.
I used w3schools whenever I started to learn a new language... it is great, if not amazing for a beginner, that is what the OP is asking - "for help/advice". I still use the site, so I 100% disagree with you, and your attitude sucks.
w3schools helped me so much through the years, I would never not recommend it, especially to an aspiring beginner in web design/dev. It is one of the best for the fundamentals of HTML/CSS, always was, and still is today.
Back to the OP, you also should look into a html-editor that is user-friendly with your mistakes... they help you learn on the go, which is what a lot of it is about.
Why on earth would you use a site that is riddled with mistakes when there are so many other alternatives that are accurate? Not very smart. And telling a beginner to use a site that is bad doesn't change the fact that it's a bad site.
I mean I can agree with you, that there alternatives more than anything. Still would never say w3schools is a bad site when there is too much good to be had from it. And, once again, I could probably agree with you that there are many books/sites to help with the OP's ? on WebDev, but w3schools provides a great foundation for a beginner nonetheless. What he/she needs to know, and the next step, he/she should take...
bpaluzzi, we are not disagreeing with you in that the website does contain some inaccurate information. What we are saying is that it's not that bad. Many of us learned what we know from there and have turned out as great web designers and developers.
As you know, a lot of the information available on the internet needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If we discredit every site because it has some wrong information on it, then we would be left with very few resources.
As you know, a lot of the information available on the internet needs to be taken with a grain of salt. If we discredit every site because it has some wrong information on it, then we would be left with very few resources.
Again, I understand what you're saying, but it just doesn't make any sense to me.
#1 - A beginner doesn't know what IS correct, and what ISN'T
#2 - There are a wealth of other sites out there that DON'T have the glaring errors that w3schools do.
Seems a bit of a no-brainer to avoid that site altogether. Whatever works for you, I suppose, but trying to convince me that it's worthwhile to send a single person to that site, regardless of their skill level, is an argument you're never going to win.
#1 - A beginner doesn't know what IS correct, and what ISN'T
#2 - There are a wealth of other sites out there that DON'T have the glaring errors that w3schools do.
Seems a bit of a no-brainer to avoid that site altogether. Whatever works for you, I suppose, but trying to convince me that it's worthwhile to send a single person to that site, regardless of their skill level, is an argument you're never going to win.