I want to learn HTML. What is a good course or book?

Hi everyone.

I am looking for an HTML book or course. I am really keen to learn this skill but don't really know where to start.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

 

w3schools.com

 

Yeah he is right - that's where I learned all the basic of HTML. Having no programming background I found the site to be truly useful and helpful for beginner, non programmer like me.

 

W3schools , WebMonkey

 

The specs directly @ w3.org

 

lynda.com is great they teach you everything for any language or anything to do with computer information

 

Yep, that's the main site I used to learn it.

 

try http://webdevelopmenttutorials.com/

 

w3schools.com will get you familiar with the tags, but doesn't tell you how to build a semantic web page.

"Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML and CSS" by Ian Lloyd starts with "What's HTML?" to www.bubbleunder.com (the sample site you build). It's a few years old, probably sitting in your library. Just remember to check the website listed in the book under "Errata" to catch errors that made it out after printing.

I got that book in July or August 2007 knowing nothing and have now built a few sites. For further CSS info, use Rachel Andrew and Dan Shafer's HTML Utopia: Building Without Tables Using CSS. Has a few popular layouts and explains the different types of positioning with pros and cons of each.

 

I'm with him. Very, very helpful site. You don't have to buy a book. Good luck!

 

w3schools.com as well.

Remember to start very small. It'll be tempting to want to just dive right in and create your site as you learn, but you're much better off starting with very simple pages you'll most likely never use. Create a bunch of small "fake" sites and get used to coding html.

While you're learning, view the page source of websites you visit and try to get an understanding of what all the tags are doing.

 

yeah... i learn mine from www.w3schools.com - its a very useful site. Most importantly, do not just learn and don't practice. How can u practice? The answer is to do projects.. You get better as you done more and more projects...

 

www.w3schools.com/html/ a best place to learn webprogramming for beginners and advanced users

www.html.net/tutorials/html/ this web also have a good html and css tutorial

 

I sugest you not to buy a book ... just follow a HTML tutorial ...and PRACTICE A LOT from the tutorial you have choosed.
The key of learning isn't just a good book ... all you need is to practice all you learn from books or tutorials.
I think a good tutorial is tizag.com
Try to make your own website and you will learn a lot!

 

I used htmldog.com, easy to read and gives you both html and css from beginner. I found this very useful and usually check back when I forget something. I found this site easier to learn from over w3schools.

 

LOL, I did everything backwards I learned php first and then html. I had a real problem at first with html because I was used to getting errors when I did bad programming. HTML just worked and was wondering why no errors where coming out when I forgot a <tag>.

 

I learned php first and then html too ))

 

That's good to know that I"m not the only one that went backwards when it came to learning about how to build a web site.

 

I just can't recommend a site that shows all examples without a doctype, explains how to change fonts, colours and text with inline styling, encourages the use of tables for building sites, or frames, or mixing Javascript with HTML (never mind that everyone does it). Sure, teach new people the WRONG way to do it before they get to the CSS part. Changing bad habits is harder than learning it right the first time.

I agree with Lock about htmldog.com. It's a good site.

Also, books at the library are FREE. No purchase necessary.

 

That true but at least for a beginer w3schools.com is good just like htmldog.com.