Begginner nneding some help, please !! - Basic questions.

1/ My preffered order: HTML/JavaScript/Perl/ASP

2/ I started at HTMLGoodies.com for HTML and went through every tutorial.
JP

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1. Yes, and IMO, learning some simple JavaScript, then maybe a little CGI couldn't hurt.

2. I learned it from various websites, and once I had the basics down about how to use tags and such, I bought a book with all the tags and just referenced that when I needed to. I have created an HTML tutorial, located at http://tutorial.page.webjump.com/. It's very easy to understand.

3. The tag to link is <a href="URL">Click here</a>. Just put your other page where URL is. If you want to link to a different site, you need to put http:// in front or it will cause errors.

4. With FTP programs, once you are connected, just upload your pages/images. They will be accessible immediately.

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My personal favorite HTML tutorial is found here http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/index.html

After you go through it you will be able to do 90% of everything you will ever need.

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A good way to learn HTML is to take a simple WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor like the Netscape Composer or Adobe Pagemill, mess around, and then look at the source code that comes out. That way you can compare little by little which HTML creates which look.
Of course, you need to be aware that the code generated by most WYSIWYG editors is not good code (An exeption might be Dreamweaver).

That's the way I learned HTML. I guess it only works if your brain has some kinda intuitive interface to programming languages. I would not start the real programming (HTML is not a programming language, its a markup language like PostScript) with JavaScript. Although it is not a full-featured programming langauge, its power s often underestimated. However, there arent as good developing and debugging tools for JavaScript compared to most other langauges, so it can easily be frustrating.

My first "real" programming language was Perl, and I can only recommend it. It was says that it is too cryptic, however, when you see through it you notice that its crypticism makes it less irritating. Pretty weird, hah. Well, the main point for Perl are the excellent documentation. "Learning Perl" is simply unbeatable.
I would not recommend C at all. One the one hand its not very popular among us web guys, and one the other hand its powerfulness can be easily overwhelming. Java is more widely used, but I personally dont see any use for it. Maybe there are people who like Applets. I dont. ServerSided-Java is a different story but only interesting for high traffic sites.

Later,

Malte

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I learned the languages in the following order...
HTML, C, Javascript, Perl, CGI, PHP, ASP, Java. Learning Javascript as a first programming language is quite a good choice, if you're not comfortable with it due to its object based nature, you can try some procedural languages such as C, BASIC, or even Pascal. All of them are old languages but that's what undergraduates are studying. Don't go for Perl as your first programming language... Its cryptic and not so good for a beginner. PHP is very easy to learn but there aren't a lot of good documentation for it.
Learning programming languages itself is not enough, you need to learn more on software design, data structures, algorithm designs, database integration etc.
Just my 2 cents.

<BizTwang>...'Surf' the web and 'view source' of sites that interest you. Analyze the design and code.
...I recommend two very 'friendly' books (about $20.00 each)...from the Visual Quickstart Guide series:"HTML 4.0 for the World Wide Web" (also 3.2) by Elizabeth Castro and "Javascript for the WWW" by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith.
(Don't confuse Javascript with Java). Eventually you'll want to learn CSS (cascading style sheets), and DHTML (dynamic html).
FTP? Ask your internet service provider for help, the will know your exact URL (address) of your homepage (usually \index.html.
Download a free (careware) HTML editor called ARACHNOPHILIA 3.9 from www.arachnoid.com It makes coding easy and has great help files and built in FTP to help update your site.
Check out tutorials at CNET's http://www.builder.com or http://webreference.com/dev
...Good Luck!</BizTwang>

Wow, thanks everyone for replying.

Your help is very much appreciated.

It has helped me alot.

Once again, thanks!!!

A note to <BizTwang>.

How wierd it is - I learn exactly the same way as you. View Source, then I bought those same two books and found them quite useful.

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Now you know how to do it all, take a look at my newbie design tips site at http://clik.to/somewhere and you may get some *good* design ideas (I hope so, at least)

What about the tutorials on this very site?

I started out with a wysiwyg and then went through JP's tutorials.

They're a VERY quick way to learn the basics. You could be sticking together basic(ish) sites in three days.

JP has HTML tutorials?

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Sorry, my mistook.

I was referring to the chap above.

His tutorials are indeed the dogs bollocks.

(this means good to anyone unfamiliar with Brit terminology)

He does?
Andrew must mean either the articles in my archive or your site...
JP

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