Webpage Coding

[codforms]

I'm an old-school HTML writer. I've seen a number of coding formats go by me while I struggle to keep up. I'm tired of the constant learning curve. I'd like to establish myself on one code and stivck to it. Which one offers the gentlest learning curve, yet offering reason versatility? I'm not interested in highly active grqphics. I want clarity and punch.

Tx

M.

[beetle]

Uhhhh...

What are you wanting to get done?

General web format
HTML
XHTML
CSS

Client-side scripting
Javascript / JScript
VBscript

Server-side scripting/programming
ASP
ASP.NET
PHP
Java (beans, servlets, J2EE)
CGI (Perl, Python, C, etc)
Cold Fusion

Database
Various flavors of SQL

XML family
XML
XSLT
Schema
XPath
SOAP
WSDL
More...

Other
WML
ADO
more but I can't think

Head over to w3schools (http://www.w3schools.com/) and check out what they've got - and read this article (http://www.sitepoint.com/article/546) too.

[cg9com]

hmm ... as far as markup goes, I would say learn valid XHTML 1.0
There is a newer version coming out, but this will keep you happy for a long time i'm sure.
Plus it will make it easier for you if you do want to upgrade to another version.

[ronaldb66]

I'm afraid that hardly any area in ICT is static and non-evolving, certainly not web design and construction. I've started catching up about a year ago now, and I've learned a lot since then, changed my whole ideas on how to build web pages several times and am still learning and gaining new insights just about every day. Granted, it's tough to keep up, but one just can't sit back and relax without falling behind.

[STDestiny]

Well, if you're intereste in books, I find the Quick start guides at peachpit.com really good.

-Andrew

[bradyj]

I second the Peach Pit -- could visually learning methods...
but, as everyone says, there will not really be one to stay with. This industry evolves over night and continues to grow -- new programs get updated, new codes get added... It's fine to stay old school, and you have that edge over me for that -- but if you don't continue the life-long learning, what's the major point of doing it?

I for one would feel extremely dissatisfied with my skills and very lackluster. I don't like knowing what I could do...

...though, I can understand your complaints to an extent. Sometimes you want the battle to end and know all there is to know. But it won't be that way.

[James]

Originally posted by STDestiny
Well, if you're intereste in books, I find the Quick start guides at peachpit.com really good.

-Andrew

I will third this if I can :) .


I bought HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321130073/ref=sr_aps_books_1_2/026-1550460-1954067) very good and easy to read.

[beetle]

I learned HTML from the Visual Quick Start guide almost 3.5 years ago.

Worked for me :D

[theabyss]

I feel ashamed to say this... But I learned it in FrontPage :eek: :(

I learned about the HTML by viewing the source on the HTML tab. My pages were horrible on all browsers except IE. Then the W3C came to my rescue with the HTML 4.01 validation service. I learned a lot about errors in HTML at that point. Stay away from Frontpage!!! :D

Next, I learned about XHTML. All tags lowercased, quoted values, it was very nice to have a strict standard to follow. But, I was still under the influence of tables to create layouts :(

CSS and the BlueRobot took away my table woes with their CSS layouts. I was saved! No more worrying about different browsers! :D

I'm deleting my custom DTD and sticking to XHTML Basic. I like it because it's a script-free language and has content to a minimum. This is pretty much my life story in web building :D

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^^^^ Pretty cool, huh??? :cool: ^^^^