So, I want to learn PHP, HTML and CSS. Where do I start?

Rage9 said:
Remember this, a bad coder spends 90% of his time writing his code and 10% actually thinking about it. A good coder spends 90% of his time thinking about his code and about 10% of the time actually writing it.
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^^ This, LIVE BY IT!!
 


These are some nice looking tutorial sites, thanks to everyone who posted resources, I'd like to learn this stuff too. I only know real basic html. If you did decide you want to use sony vegas though, that I'm actually quite good at, however I have not really figured out any real good way to use video editing in any sort of profitable fashion. But marty schindler makes good video tutorials about vegas on youtube. Here is a good one to start with.

YouTube - Sony Vegas Tutorial - Keyframing (Part 1 | The Basics)

here are some videos i made with sony vegas that showcase some of the more impressive things I've done with it at least in terms of visuals. Don't feel like you have to watch any of these, the link above is really the one that would be beneficial if you want to learn vegas, but if you want to see some of the things I've managed to do with vegas check them out.

YouTube - BordomRising 3

^I made the intro with sony vegas and I dont use pro btw, most of the rest of the video was made by using gifs or pngs with keyframes and some of sony vegas media generator stuff.

YouTube - Stupid fun in sony vegas

^literally screwing around with some of what vegas can do

http://dimipapa.com/pierrekirby.wmv

^A kind of music video/abridged version of a very funny action movie I made and did a lot of effects with vegas I never tried before

YouTube - Re: Nixie's Epic Holiday Contest for YOUR Gaming Memories

^A response video to a contest, used vegas a few interesting ways

YouTube - Angel & Connor: Blood Lines (re-upload)

^A music video that shows some of the effects vegas can do.
 
Once you've gotten a general understanding of coding, like how functions and loops work, and maybe dipped your toes in the waters of object-oriented programming, READ:

Code Complete by Steve McConnell ISDN: 978-0735619678
It gives you the fundamentals of building good code. You will write less bugs and write code faster. It also teaches you the difference between good and bad code, and gives you practical methods for fixing things. The principles in it apply to all programming languages and any software development. I learned computer science at university, and I wish they gave us this book early on. Would have taken months off my learning curve.
 
Well, all the above and this, don't just keep reading, you'll be reading all your life then. Learn some, think of an application and start coding it, applying what you've learned. That way, you'll actually know what to do. Just my two cents. There are links to some great resources above.
 
Start by learning how to use Google, you can then learn anything.
 
SeriousDevver said:
Once you've gotten a general understanding of coding, like how functions and loops work, and maybe dipped your toes in the waters of object-oriented programming, READ:

Code Complete by Steve McConnell ISDN: 978-0735619678
It gives you the fundamentals of building good code. You will write less bugs and write code faster. It also teaches you the difference between good and bad code, and gives you practical methods for fixing things. The principles in it apply to all programming languages and any software development. I learned computer science at university, and I wish they gave us this book early on. Would have taken months off my learning curve.
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That looks like a really good book. Going to check it out.
 
hahaha.
One of the books most programmers have at home and 90% never read it.

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Starting out is very hard but eventually you will get it. Keep learning because it will leave you pretty fast!:music06:
 
Thanks a ton for all the responses. Now, I'll try checking out some of the most recommended sources by all of you when I get the time. Quite eager to get started though, hopefully I'll start learning chunks of code soon.
 
wrote an book about getting into web design. its like 75+ pages and pretty high quality if you ask me. PM me if you want it. it goes through html, css, jscript, jquery, and a little php
 
Read all of the w3 docs, they were great in helping me learn, and they have everything you mentioned. I think they have them all on w3schools
 
chuongster said:
Also if you play around in Dreamweaver it helps you understand html tags a little bit better. I suggest learning HTML first because i think it is the foundation for everything else. CSS and PHP make coding a lot quicker i heard.

You can check out HTML Professional Project by John Gosney or any other book from the Library. Its a pretty thick, but simple book if you like to look at physical pages instead of a computer screen.

I am in the same boat..Still learning HTML and CSS..Keep playing around with it and you will learn to enjoy the benefit.
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I learned the basics of HTML/CSS, then I started using dreamweaver which helps guide you through the process, I did half code half display screen, eventually I was 90% in the code screen. Now I have not used dreamweaver for quite some time. Its a good tool to help guide you along after/while you learn the basics.

Lynda is a great resource, you can find demo codes online like mentioned, I think they are the best for html/css tuts. Much better then books I agree learning from a book is hard. You can follow along with a tutorial nicely.

I want to learn php now though....thanks for some of these links.
 
The besy way to learn code is to use it and impletment it on your website. I personally learned html and css by using notepad, and following some basic web design tutorials, I coded all my sites 100% from scratch in notepad and learned A LOT about the standard and markups needed to make a website function.
 
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