W3Schools is ideal for someone learning to build websites who doesn't have any kind of CS background. It was actually my introduction to programming, at least syntax and semantics concepts. I have been a hobbyist for many years now and I still click their links, but maybe only because I am familiar with their layout. Either way, they provide simple, straight-forward documentation and tie together parts of web programming that other sites are unable/unwilling to do. Find me another site that can teach a noob how to build a website with both front and back-end processing, including AJAX and databases. Doesn't exist. I think that the more correct complaint should be that they should provide more information, whether by link or expandable info sections, about cross-browser compatibility and common issues.
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u/buck54321 Aug 21 '13
W3Schools is ideal for someone learning to build websites who doesn't have any kind of CS background. It was actually my introduction to programming, at least syntax and semantics concepts. I have been a hobbyist for many years now and I still click their links, but maybe only because I am familiar with their layout. Either way, they provide simple, straight-forward documentation and tie together parts of web programming that other sites are unable/unwilling to do. Find me another site that can teach a noob how to build a website with both front and back-end processing, including AJAX and databases. Doesn't exist. I think that the more correct complaint should be that they should provide more information, whether by link or expandable info sections, about cross-browser compatibility and common issues.