How did you learn!?

I've been thinking about finally learning how to code, and i was just wondering, how did you guys learn? any good books, websites, etc that i should know of?

 

I learned HTML just bit by bit, learning what I needed as I went along. A couple of years ago when I wanted to consolodate and learn properly, I found Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML a great introduction. I highly recommend it as it takes you from very basic principles without being technical at all.

 

i watch video tutorials in youtube

 

I've been working with HTML since the original days of the Web, in the early 1990's - was actually on the Internet before the World Wide Web existed in the late 1980's (anyone remember Gopher and Archie?). My position in the IT department for the government gave me access to teh Internet before it became commercial.

Wrote my original pages using Notepad for Netscape 0.8 Beta.

I'd highly recommend W3 Schools for a great way to learn HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript.

http://www.w3schools.com/

Bill

 

when i was a beginner few years ago, then i took allot of help from w3schools.com. additionally, i was just trying to code always, and whenever i was stuck i googled to find the solution of my problem, and always got many sites that can be helpful.

 

with a very old manual and wasting my time testing useless things. i think html is a language that you must learn with practice

 

A lot of my learning came from sites like this and namepros.com. Also, I read a lot regarding the O'Reilly books. The O'Reilly books are amazing.

 

I'm by no means an expert, but what I did to start learning, was to use an HTML editor (like frontpage, Dreamweaver, etc.) and then studying how the code was written.

Really helped me to get started although I'm still learning the more complicated stuff, and in my opinion learning is a life-long job

Jennifer Nowland
"The Free Tip Marketer"

 

I learn by downloading and reading tutorials than doing trial and error.

 

i had 2 friends who are experts in coding - Will take a much shorter time if you learn from a real person - if dey are not available, i think ebook learning will help you.

 

I taught myself by just playing around with dreamweaver, now I'm in running my own web & graphic design company and teaching other people

 

A good way to learn any language is to experiment with it. For example let's say you wanted to learn HTML, buy a website domain and hosting (recommend HostGator) then practice coding. Make a simple site first then scale that to a more complex site using PHP/FLASH/MYSQL etc.

 

alright thanks a lot guys, really helped me

 

Just going around everywhere really, researching something when I didnt know how to do it.

Eventually it all adds up.