Location of Information of where authors/designers and developers get their information?
I wonder where get their information from the framework of the language? The w3.org have HTML specifications that not all browsers have yet inplemented and it will take even longer than HjTML 5.0 to change this trend because according to a 2008 experiment with Google there is 1 billion unique uris on the internet today of web pages! So, my question is where do these people learn it? I've been looking online and the system of the revolving door complex is to buy, buy and buy books every single year to grow dependent on them. The people that write these books and tutorials have the upper hand on us all. Don't you guys see that? So, my proposal is to start a new way of learning these languages more comprehensively. If you have any ideas just post them below. Thanks and sorry if you think that this is simular to my very first post on this HTML/CSS area.
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Megan posted this at 02:20 — 14th February 2010.
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How does who learn it? The experts who write the books? They study the specs on w3c site and try things to see how it works. You could do the same. For me, I just don't have the time, so I let others figure out the details and learn from them. Buying books certainly isn't necessary. Perhaps convenient if you like that format, but if you follow the right websites and blogs you don't need them.
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webwiz posted this at 05:35 — 14th February 2010.
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Speaking for myself, I began by attending a 27-week course in Web Design. Since then I subscribed to several listservs such as the Web Standards Group (WSG) and CSS-discuss.
I am fortunate that my local library not only has a good selection of recent technical books, but also gives me free access to Safari Books Online. So I read a lot without accumulating a lot of dead trees that are out of date within a year or two.
As Megan says, there are several useful Websites. I can think of Scrunch Up, Smashing Magazine, A List Apart, and CSS Newbie for starters. I'm sure others have their favorites.
I don't know how accessible Safari Books Onlne are. Perhaps you could let us know.
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darthbane posted this at 06:57 — 15th February 2010.
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Webwiz and Megan,
Thanks for posting your opinions and viewpoints towards my issue. I think it wise to think like the developer to troubleshoot with no avenues other than what a publisher arbitrarily tells us about things. What about the things they omit on purpose? I'm still going to try eventually to interprete the tough as nails specifications on HTML/CSS. Are these same strategies employed in desktop publishing and other languages not covered on my HTML/CSS questionaire? I guess you buy or in the case of Safari you read them online right? So, I wonder if my library like that with a free account to Safari. I'm guessing San Francisco, California? I think those people are geniuse like Seatle, Washington for which I'm thinking about moving back to in the future due to my relocation to Las Vegas, NV about a decade ago! I miss the open mindiness of the people out there because the east coast is lame and filled with stupid people barring the New England states especially Massachusetts!
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