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From: Pringles CheezUms on 25 May 2010 22:40 I'd like to learn to develop web pages, and to do that I'll need a tool. It should be able to handle html 5, or at least 4 with css. What is the best (freeware of course) web development program out there? TIA!
From: VanguardLH on 25 May 2010 23:05 Pringles CheezUms wrote: > I'd like to learn to develop web pages, and to do that I'll need a tool. > It should be able to handle html 5, or at least 4 with css. > > What is the best (freeware of course) web development program out there? > > TIA! If you want to *learn* how to code web pages then you want to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, and so on - and that means delving into that code, not hiding it behind some WYSIWYG editor. If you want a program that slaps together a web page based on some prefixed set of templates, there are plenty of tools for that but you will definitely NOT end up a web developer by using them. Just use Notepad so you get your hands dirty by actually writing and debugging your own HTML code. You'll either code it yourself to know how you built it or you can use someone else's hardcode expertise rolled into a template-building program that slaps something together for you but leaves you ignorant of becoming the web developer that you profess as your goal.
From: Craig on 26 May 2010 01:27 On 05/25/2010 08:05 PM, VanguardLH wrote: > Pringles CheezUms wrote: > >> I'd like to learn to develop web pages, and to do that I'll need a tool. >> It should be able to handle html 5, or at least 4 with css. >> >> What is the best (freeware of course) web development program out there? >> >> TIA! > > If you want to *learn* how to code web pages then you want to learn > HTML, CSS, Javascript, and so on - and that means delving into that > code, not hiding it behind some WYSIWYG editor... Just to add to VanguardLH's solid comments: a few "casual coders" I know, including myself, started by: - finding sites we like - copying the markup (html & css) files locally - opening them with a wysiwyg editor like Kompozer <kompozer.net/> - mucking things up until they look like we wanted - identifying problem areas of code <validator.w3.org> - opening up the files in an editor you like <pspad.com> or Kompozer - formating the code for easier reading <w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/> - researching that class syntax <w3.org/standards/webdesign> - rinsing & repeating. Remember to follow copyrights & give credit where credit is due. Too many people tend to forget that part. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but acknowledgement is respect. hth, -- -Craig
From: glorieux on 26 May 2010 06:18 On 5/25/2010 10:40 PM, Pringles CheezUms wrote: > I'd like to learn to develop web pages, and to do that I'll need a tool. > It should be able to handle html 5, or at least 4 with css. > > What is the best (freeware of course) web development program out there? > > TIA! I'd like to hear an answer to the question...if there is a really good freeware that handles html5 and css. I know a bit about coding that I learned over the years so I'm not starting from scratch, just want to know if such a program is out there. Many thanks in advance glorieux
From: Craig on 26 May 2010 09:49
On 05/26/2010 03:18 AM, glorieux wrote: > > > On 5/25/2010 10:40 PM, Pringles CheezUms wrote: >> I'd like to learn to develop web pages, and to do that I'll need a tool. >> It should be able to handle html 5, or at least 4 with css. >> >> What is the best (freeware of course) web development program out there? >> >> TIA! > > > I'd like to hear an answer to the question... Been answered -- -Craig |