So, I have finally put my mind to learning HTML (and PHP in the future), but I was just wondering how you guys learnt HTML? Did you have a book, or did you just learn little bits of code, and then put it all together, or something completely different?
I haven't essentially learned HTML, I just picked it up along the way learning PHP. I used the web, as there are plenty of tutorials
http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/
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Seriously though, look at the source code of sites and themes and see how others do things, then try and recreate your own stuff by experimentation. The above tutorial will help you along a bit, but I found it was 99% experimentation.
Also, get yourself a good piece of software with syntax highlighting and (since you're completely new to it?), an IDE wouldn't be a good idea so you get intellisense. I'd advise Komodo Edit 6 which is free.
I am not completely new; I know the basics.
I already use Notepad++ so I'll use that.
Fair enough. A proper IDE may be of use to you though as it'll help you remember to close tags and stuff if you're not used to doing so. It'll also help remind you of CSS properties
I started out using one myself because it's so much easier.
(2011-03-08, 08:22 AM)euantor Wrote: [ -> ]Fair enough. A proper IDE may be of use to you though as it'll help you remember to close tags and stuff if you're not used to doing so. It'll also help remind you of CSS properties I started out using one myself because it's so much easier.
I completely disagree. IDE's are only good once you knowthe code. Otherwise they brig about bad coding practices and you don't actually learn HTML, you learn howto use the IDE.
Notepad++ has syntax highlighting that is perfectly fine
Really? I use sublime text at the minute, but I used to always use an IDE because of how much it helped me. Each to their own I guess ^^
I learned HTML mostly from exploring and editing the MyBB templates. Just get the basics from
http://w3schools.com/ and play with it.
(2011-03-08, 08:59 AM)euantor Wrote: [ -> ]Really? I use sublime text at the minute, but I used to always use an IDE because of how much it helped me. Each to their own I guess ^^
Thus you are learning how to use the IDE and not how to code in HTML. If you were stuck without the IDE you would find it much harder than if you were to just learn HTML.