Web development

[Cider]

Hey Guys,

Im finding this area very interesting. Dont know much about it however could someone point me in the right direction to get started?

Possibly a career change :P

Thanks

[JPnyc]

The beginning is always the same when it comes to web development, learn HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript, then choose a server-side language once you have those down. I recommend w3schools.com as a great beginning resource to learn just about anything in the field.

[Cider]

Thanks J,

Ill do the tuts on there but could you recommend a book on this I can maybe get?

Any monies in this field :P

[JPnyc]

I'm afraid I can't, I didn't learn from a book, I learned from school and then from forums and the web in general, including that site I mentioned. Regarding money, it's like any other field, the better you are at it, the more aspects you excel at, the more job opportunities there are. I don't know how it is in South Africa but it's a fairly saturated field overall. Server-side scripting will definitely get you better job opportunities but you need to know the basics first and that's what I mentioned above

[JPnyc]

This is a good forum for learning web development. It's also the one I belonged to when I heard about this job that I have.

[Cider]

Very much appreciated.

[The-Spec]

Just install and setup xampp then apply the addons and fixes.

[Cider]

Hey Spec,

Checking it out now.

Is there actually any point in learning HTML from scratch these days?

[Cider]

JP: Im going through the HTML "course" http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_getstarted.asp

Anyway that I can download this for offline viewing?

[JPnyc]

you would have to save each individual page as an HTML document. Not worth it.