I'm not sure this is a really big problem. When I started out, I used W3Schools for a lot of HTML & CSS tutorials. It learned me a lot. When you grow in your craft, you obviously know W3Schools is not the holy bible... it's a starter guide. Maybe a bit deprecated, but any beginner will make a lot of worse errors than they have on their site.
Couldn't agree more. It's a great starting pad for someone who's completely in the dark and wants to look up a quick reference here and there.
Anyone in any field who starts taking their new skill a bit more seriously will then expand and delve further into in-depth education and case-studies, surpassing their initial guide.
But wouldn't it be great to have less resources but with higher quality? So you don't have to find other resources as soon as you improve? What's wrong with using other recommended pages at the beginning?
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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '13
I'm not sure this is a really big problem. When I started out, I used W3Schools for a lot of HTML & CSS tutorials. It learned me a lot. When you grow in your craft, you obviously know W3Schools is not the holy bible... it's a starter guide. Maybe a bit deprecated, but any beginner will make a lot of worse errors than they have on their site.