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W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention

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Re: W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention

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Post by joeevans1000 »

MDN is the usual academic freakshow that is official documentation. W3Schools is a genuinely useful resource for people just getting going. I appreciate correct use; I am a fan of the MDN site. But those who lambast W3Schools are grossly out of touch with the needs of new developers.

As I feel this strongly, I love that the W3Fools site is so awful looking. It's what you get from a bunch of people who are more eager to say what they don't like than ponder why, in fact, W3Schools is so popular. The W3Fools site speaks for them.

Re: W3Fools – A W3Schools Intervention

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Post by CAPTyesterday »

hadoukenio wrote: post #6
manicdee wrote: post #5

Telling folks that W3schools is awful doesn't help them find better resources. Just point people at the better resources, stop linking to W3schools, and help build a better world. http://reference.sitepoint.com/css - for a better HTML, CSS and JavaScript reference.

The MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) is trying and I think it does a good job too. However sometimes all I need is a dumb but quick example of a specific DOM call. W3Schools does enough of a job for me. Don't hate on me.

I agree. I really want to like MDN, and I actually do quite like the site now. But starting out, I just want some damn form tags I can copy paste and throw CSS at to see how things work. MDN is like giving a kid learning how to read a Merriam-Webster.
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