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Web Fundamentals

Codecademy

7 recommenders · 7 threads · recommended in 1 year, 2013 · score 6.0

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Codecademy's introductory web track covering the basics of HTML and CSS for building simple web pages, delivered as interactive exercises. It is part of Codecademy's broader programming curriculum.

Commenters call it a good starting point for absolute beginners, with one parent saying their 9-year-old completed much of it unaided.

Web & Mobile Developmentbeginnerfreeinteractive MOOC#html#css#web basics#codecademy#beginner

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On Reddit (7)

  1. RecommendsRojaBr/learnprogramming2013in “I'd like to become a web developer but don't really know how to begin.”▲ 2

    Op you could start with the webfundamentals course at http://www.codecademy.com/

  2. Recommendsnegative_epsilonr/learnprogramming2013in “Learning HTML through Dreamweaver?”▲ 5

    If it's just HTML/CSS, check out codecademy's web fundamentals course.

  3. RecommendsNS_Blaker/learnprogramming2013in “High school teacher here...Need to teach coding. Looking for some help. Thanks!”▲ 13

    Go to Codecademy. Enroll everyone in the class to whatever language you want [basic web development might be a fun direction to go, they can all create a website for the final project]. You should go through the course on your own first to make sure you understand it all, but I think it would be…

  4. RecommendsNeuroAnalysisr/Entrepreneur2013in “How did you make money as a kid/teen?”▲ 2

    I'm trying to teach my 9 year old and he actually told me it was fun. I just let him do the web fundamental course at codecademy and he completed a lot without my help for 2 days.

  5. Recommendspushthemwider/webdev2013in “Beginner beginning”▲ 2

    I would absolutely recommend that you keep on learning HTML, as the other commenters have said. The vast majority of things you will want to do with web design will include embedding scripting/programming languages like Javascript, PHP, Ruby etc into HTML. So to abandon HTML without a working…

  6. RecommendsYuleTideCamelr/learnprogramming2013in “Setting up personal webpage without web programming experience?”▲ 2

    Take Codecademy's Web Fundamentals Course Then do Code School's HTML/CSS Course. That should be enough to get you started on the basics.

  7. RecommendsShiggityShwahr/learnprogramming2013in “CodeCademy vs Udacity For learning Web Development?”▲ 40

    They are really not all that similar, although it might appear that way at first. To my knowledge, CodeCademy does not get too involved with dealing with the server to query databases and create dynamic websites. Although, it is fantastic for learning the basics of html, css, jquery and python…

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