Have You Learned Html&web Designing From School?

Hi Guys!! I just really want some answers here from DP for me to decide if i can learn by my self or i need schooling. thanks a lot!!

 

I learned everything I know by myself and internet tutorials (though i started like 10 years ago)...i'm not the best guy out there...but if you need a static html page...i can do probably anything you want...

though I am going to school for 3 different fields of IT right now (visual communication among them)...it wouldn't hurt to do the schooling...but if you set your mind to it...it's easy enough to learn on your own.

 

I think you learn best just trying things out and it just takes time. I never went to school for it, learned everything on my own.

 

thanks a lot guys!! my only problem now is just that i have no ideas of what web page i will make!! LOL were did you guys start? what kind of idea? do you still remember? hahaha

 

hmm...i think my first web page was a crappy little about me page...(i was 11 when i started)...pretty sure it contained lots of blue at that time

though when i got wiser and decided to actually start LEARNING it...i would find nice html sites that interested me (not php or something)...and try to replicate them...WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SOURCE CODE

now...i didn't do this in a live environment though...as that would be piracy ...but it was a very good learning experience for me...

 

I've never learnt any HTML/website designing from school before.. and I am a freelance website designer You can learn and gain experience yourself. There are lots of tutorials online..

 

hmm i think i need to do a page about me also so i would start practicing. but another question, do i have to master html and xhtml before learning PHP and CSS?

 

YES, learn HTML.. well actually XHTML is better and then CSS and the PHP (in this order) it'll make things easier for you since you apply your knowledge from one coding to another.

 

you think i can start learning xtml? or html first?

 

I used the OJT method.

 

yeah, i learned html, then css...though i really do need to learn php (i switched to mainly graphics design after css)...

 

Nope... Those languages aren't related to my course. I learned my coding skills through my friends and more of self study.

--Joe

 

thanks joe and briant!!
but stax, why you didnt study PHP?

 

Hmm... learned XHTML, CSS, PHP, Java, C/C++, MySQL, Flash, Photoshop, Javascript, and Assembly... all online (started when I was 9 ) School is rather worthless when it comes to learning about technology. Technological advances occur so quickly that school funding (particularly high school) can't update their curriculum regularly enough to keep up with these advances. From my point of view, I believe it's best to learn everything online, but that isn't to say that you can't learn anything from school

Doesn't matter. I found XHTML is so similar to HTML (basically just how you place, declare, and lowercase tags...) that it makes little to no difference, unless of course your validating. Though there are a few subtleties that you should probablly look at

 

well, i started html and css, and once i got that out of the way, i got interested in forums...but more into the design of forums...and that requires mostly graphics skills (for the simple fact the php for forums is already there)...so i have just spent a lot of time on learning that...

then i started getting into online business (and work...lol)...so quickly ran out of time to teach myself new stuff...since i was constantly doing the old stuff...

i really do plan to learn php sometime...just gotta find the time somewhere...

i fully recommend learning all you can before you start getting heavily involved with clients...because they can really suck up your learning time if you don't manage it

 

You can learn everything yourself if you are really interested.

 

but louis do i have to learn c++ for my web page?

 

no...but it's good for making fun poker games for your computer...

lol...sorry to answer a question for someone else...but the mention of C++ brought back fond memories of high school...

(though c++ does give you a good fix on learning more advanced coding languages because it's very simple)

 

hahhahaha thanks a lot stax!!! but i still have no idea for my first web page!!!:O

 

There are people I have spoke with that have created web applications in C++, but I stick to primarily PHP.

But in most cases, no you don't need C/C++. But my background in C has enabled me to pickup languages rather quickly. Just one advantage of solid programming rudiments