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  1. July 7th, 2009, 05:44 PM #1
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    Web development

    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
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  2. July 7th, 2009, 06:22 PM #2
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    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.
  3. July 7th, 2009, 06:29 PM #3
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    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
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  4. July 7th, 2009, 06:38 PM #4
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    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
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    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.
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    Very much appreciated.
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    Just install and setup xampp then apply the addons and fixes.
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    Hey Spec,

    Checking it out now.

    Is there actually any point in learning HTML from scratch these days?
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    JP: Im going through the HTML "course" http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_getstarted.asp

    Anyway that I can download this for offline viewing?
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  10. July 8th, 2009, 11:42 AM #10
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    you would have to save each individual page as an HTML document. Not worth it.
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