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Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

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Post by Jugurtha »

Udacity's CS253 "Web Development"[^0] by Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman is really good. It goes through implementing a lot of things (cookies, etc.). It does that with Python on Google App Engine, but Google App Engine supports PHP so if that is what you know, you can go through a lesson, and then try to do that in PHP.

Any reason you want to learn PHP?

[^0]: https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/cs253

Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

#12

Post by duxup »

Memosyne wrote: post #10
kyawzazaw wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it is not well-guided for a beginner

Huh? This is a quote from the website: > Welcome to the MDN learning area. This set of articles aims to provide complete beginners to web development with all that they need to start coding websites. It has a nice little sidebar that says "Complete beginners start here!" and goes on to describe HTML, CSS, and JS. So, can you please explain to me how this website is "not well-guided for a beginner"?

Do you feel that it is a good place to start?

Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

#13

Post by Memosyne »

duxup wrote: post #12
Memosyne wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh? This is a quote from the website: > Welcome to the MDN learning area. This set of articles aims to provide complete beginners to web development with all that they need to start coding websites. It has a nice little sidebar that says "Complete beginners start here!" and goes on to describe HTML, CSS, and JS. So, can you please explain to me how this website is "not well-guided for a beginner"?

Do you feel that it is a good place to start?

Yes? It was how I learned web development and as a beginner I found it tremendously helpful. Every other website took me through a bunch of canvas painting exercises which frustrated me because they never taught me how to actually build a website from scratch. The poster asked for the "best most creditable source" and in my opinion that website fulfills that criteria. Besides, the poster wants to pursue a career in this field so recommending them something "easier" would do them a disservice and waste their time.

Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

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Post by [deleted] »

Jugurtha wrote: post #11

Udacity's CS253 "Web Development"[^0] by Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman is really good. It goes through implementing a lot of things (cookies, etc.). It does that with Python on Google App Engine, but Google App Engine supports PHP so if that is what you know, you can go through a lesson, and then try to do that in PHP. Any reason you want to learn PHP? [^0]: https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/cs253

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Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

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Post by mettamage »

duxup wrote: post #12
Memosyne wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh? This is a quote from the website: > Welcome to the MDN learning area. This set of articles aims to provide complete beginners to web development with all that they need to start coding websites. It has a nice little sidebar that says "Complete beginners start here!" and goes on to describe HTML, CSS, and JS. So, can you please explain to me how this website is "not well-guided for a beginner"?

Do you feel that it is a good place to start?

For me it wasn't. There's not enough handholding, the syntax is not always explained. IMO, it's a better resource for someone who already knows programming.

Re: Ask HN: Best source for learning Web development?

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Post by mettamage »

Use the HN search bar and type in things like:

- learn javascript

- learn web development

and so on

Devour all the comments, and you'll come to a quite nuanced conclusion on what you should do.

This is my general technique on finding educational resources on HN, so it's not a "scram! Go use a search engine!" This is a "well my little secret is: HN" type of response.

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