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Re:Beginners Guide to HTML/CSS by fady on Monday January 30, 2012 @10:24PM (#3531674)
i agree with you. they're much better resources out there. honestly, nothing compares to current books about subject, as i feel they give more depth to the why, when, how, etc. i think they better prepare for mastering the topic. have someone read these pages and then head over to an html spec and see if they understand what is being discussed or proposed :)

edit: site is nice though.

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Re:Beginners Guide to HTML/CSS by nerfhammer on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @12:09AM (#3531959)
If w3schools has a use-case it's a quick reference which fairly exclusive from buying and reading new books or trying to parse specs

Sadly w3schools has some serious SEO-mojo enough to win out for a lot of search queries for basic reference in html/css/javascript. At least we can be thankful experts-exchange has seemingly gone away.

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Re:Beginners Guide to HTML/CSS by borski on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @01:39AM (#3532150)
You mean expert sex change, right? ;)
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Re:Beginners Guide to HTML/CSS by probitymike on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @09:50AM (#3533433)
This site/curriculum was built for our Code Academy (http://codeacademy.org) students currently learning web development and user experience design. Most of our students are beginners, and have already gone through four weeks of Shay's HTML & CSS class. While they are not front-end experts, Shay has done a great job of guiding them through, and now this site will be even more helpful.

The purpose of this curriculum is not the be-all and end-all of all HTML & CSS learning resources, it is focused on created a pathway that students can use to measure their learning. We are definitely focused on improving the curriculum and providing alternative resources for students to the learn from all the other resources.

I wouldn't be where I am in my front-end development without all the free and paid resources online devoted to HTML & CSS, but it would have been really helpful to have something as organized as this to guide my development.

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