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Absolute beginner seeks for help/tips

Chemist seeks for some tips/help for webdevelopment

         

Talon023

10:05 am on Jul 11, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Hi all.
I need to start (would like to) learn web development.
Im chemist and its really weak aspect in my country. So now im breaking the point.

Im total noob, i never programmed anything in my life nor web designed/developed. Watch me like absolute zero about web development.

I wish someone answer to me detailed (if even needed) what should i start to learn first? As long as i understand it should go HTML > CSS > Javascript and then server-sided scripting PHP and ASP.net.

What do you think?

Any help/tips will be helpful.

Thanks,

Boris

lucy24

6:19 pm on Jul 11, 2015 (gmt 0)

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it should go

If you mean "I should start learning them in this order" then I'd agree. Up to a point. But there's a massive overlap. That is, don't try to learn absolutely everything about HTML before you even start on CSS. In fact, for some aspects of HTML it's better if you never know they exist, because CSS does the same things, only better

:: looking at you, <font> markup ::

Once you get into server-side scripting, it will depend on what your server is, because different platforms use different languages. Unlike some programming languages, php has a very shallow learning curve. That means you don't have to learn a whole lot of stuff before you can do anything at all. You can learn three words of php and do things using only those three words.

The same goes for HTML and everything in between:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>My First Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Look at this!</p>
</body>
</html>
Paste into any text editor (or word processor in plain-text mode), save with .html extension, open in any browser. Tralala, your first web page.

HTML and CSS (but not the others on your list) are both designed to be very forgiving. That means you can make horrible mistakes everywhere, and the page will still display.

Some people swear by w3schools.com (no relation to w3.org). Some people foam at the mouth when the name is mentioned. Have a look.

piatkow

3:38 pm on Jul 12, 2015 (gmt 0)

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HTML has been around for a lot longer than CSS, and has been changed a bit over the years. I would be wary of using any tutorials over 5 years old.

tangor

4:47 pm on Jul 12, 2015 (gmt 0)

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I'd start more simple, as the way to learn is to do.

Put up a simple website (which means you have to learn what it takes to get one operational, a host, a domain, a dns, and the funds to do that), an index/home page uploaded, with, a link to a page, and maybe put a picture on it. That's step one.

CSS is not required at any time (but is helpful to make it look pretty and, perhaps, some navigation and layout).

Scripting (JS or otherwise) depends on the functionality of the site and future intentions.

Get a site running first then, when you hit a brick wall, that's the time to ask for help.