Where to learn html?

[Subexistence]

I would like to learn html programming and build my own website. What is best free resource for it?

[Gratitude]

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@Subexistence wrote:
I would like to learn html programming and build my own website. What is best free resource for it?

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Hey Subexistence!

Here is a great free, online reputable source W3Schools.com
I can't tell you how many times I did a quick google question while stuck coding and ended up there with an quick / comprehensible answer!

Go there, browse... enjoy!

[thornback]

W3 schools is a fantastic reference site.  However, if you want to really learn how to structure & design a site, try Udacity - they are currently offering a free, approx 3 week long (self-paced) html5 and css3 syntax course for beginners: https://www.udacity.com/course/html-and-css-syntax--ud001 

Courses are taught by industry professionals and a support community is available.  I'm a web developer / programmer and while I never used it personally, I've heard great things about Udacity from others.  Good luck & enjoy.

[Gratitude]

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@thornback wrote:

W3 schools is a fantastic reference site.  However, if you want to really learn how to structure & design a site, try Udacity - they are currently offering a free, approx 3 week long (self-paced) html5 and css3 syntax course for beginners: https://www.udacity.com/course/html-and-css-syntax--ud001 

Courses are taught by industry professionals and a support community is available.  I'm a web developer / programmer and while I never used it personally, I've heard great things about Udacity from others.  Good luck & enjoy.

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OH Sweet!

There is so much more I wanted to get a under control with html5.. Needing reference to stay sharp, I may jump on this. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT read W3Schools.

As a web developer I can tell you that they will lead you the wrong way. Yes, many of their examples do work and their Try It Yourself editor is pretty nifty, but despite fixes in recent years, they also teach a lot of things poorly, in ways that are not used in the real world. This was such an extent that a group got together to write W3Fools.com as an exposé, though it's been toned back in response to the fixes.

I started with the Hello, World type examples, and grew from there through CSS and JS. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ is a wonderful resource for all this (Though it didn't exist when I was starting!)

If you ever get stuck, turn to Stack Overflow.

[thornback]

+1 for Stack Overflow. 

W3 is only good as a reference - when you are a beginner -  If you forget a tag or syntax, it can serve quite well as a quick reference guide.

I found that those with zero experience find MDN docs difficult to follow - which is why I suggested that Udacity course. From what I've been told, it  provides visual learning and hands-on examples accompanied by laymen explanations.   After completing that course, OP should be ready for MDN and SO.