Help please.

[Turnip]

I wish to learn to code.
& im just wondering, if you lot could push me in the right direction with where to start.
Is it best to learn via. books, or websites?
& What langugues would i need to learn, to start off with?

Thanks alot, Matt.

[Implosion]

coding,
i'd advise looking into html. then try some css with it.

it's best to look at websites, and have a browse into source codes etc.
although books do help.

I learnt html off my it teacher, and off www.w3schools.com

[craigg.]

If you live near a borders store, go there have a cuppa and take a note pad. You can sit there and learn till your hearts content. Coding wise, it depends on your final goal. Easiest thing to grasp would most probably be HTML. Good luck.

[Jamesy]

I would also suggest getting dreamweaver. You can learn a lot by sitting and fiddling in that.

*contact me for *cough* keygen *cough*

[Implosion]

yeah, a borders store is a pretty good idea.
And as craig said, depending on your final goal.
But the best place to start is at HTML

[Turnip]

Thanks for the input :).
I had dreamweaver, sometime ago, but its sort of disappeared off the comp, must of deleted it or something
& a borders store?
a store called ''borders''? lol
(never heard of it, thats why im asking.)

ive looked at that w3schools, also a few times, but i cant seem to get the grasp of it lol.

[Jamesy]

Thanks for the input :).
I had dreamweaver, sometime ago, but its sort of disappeared off the comp, must of deleted it or something
& a borders store?
a store called ''borders''? lol
(never heard of it, thats why im asking.)

ive looked at that w3schools, also a few times, but i cant seem to get the grasp of it lol.

Borders is a bookshop I think. Don't know either. I don't get out much...

[Implosion]

i had a site before,
ill find it for you


edit: here it is.

http://www.pageresource.com/html/hclist.htm

[Turnip]

thanks alot, you lot, rep to you all :).

[Implosion]

not a problem.
Pageresource explains it a lot better than w3schools.

[Chippiewill]

I briefly glance at w3schools and just learn loads of php to use in its place instead. Also dreamweaver does help you to learn (dont just use design mode) and remember the best things in life are free or are bought for you or are *cough* keygened *cough* .


If you want to do php download something like xammp to test things out.

[craigg.]

Yes, "Borders" is a bookshop. http://www.borderslocal.co.uk/books/home Click the link to see if there is a store near you. If you like reading books and taking notes, I would highly sugest taking a note pad and a few quid so you can have a cuppa at the same time.

If you don't, I would recomend looking at some online tutorials or some previous code which someone has made and analysing that code. Strip it to pieces and read what it is doing. Have a look at PSEUDOcode, that could possibly help you grasp the consept of coding and programming.

Good luck.

[Raremandan]

Why is everyone saying use Dreamweaver, just don't when learning to program I didn't use an IDE, I coded to the Command Line with console applications, it doesn't burden you with having to learn an IDE such as Dreamweaver as well as a markup language such as HTML.

http://www.htmldog.com is pretty good I believe.

[LegendOfNoob]

Borders:
Great Bookstore my psp has promonitional free access
other stores would be
Barnes & Noble i dont know if you know what it is either but yea

far as editors there are many but if ur just starting its good to go with simplier ones
Coffee Cup Free HTML Editor
Microsoft Frontpage
MS Notepad (ofcourse)

Frontpage isnt free though the other two are
coffeecup is a good way to preview and work on stuff in coding expermint
the best way to learn html would be first hand expereince have someone show you the ropes if not always look around at view source i thought html looked hard now i know about all the coding tags
im sure if u searched around bookstores & google u could learn alot theres some things newer that people that have learned html and moved on dont no about *some keyword* like making a middle content change without reloading the page and/or kicking of the radio

[Turnip]

thanks alot, + rep to the others that helped. :)