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Posted by Erwin Moller on 11/06/06 08:53
John Dunlop wrote:
> Erwin Moller:
>
>> Have a look here for a quickstart:
>> www.w3schools.com and look at AJAX.
>
> Don't think I'd recommend W3Schools, Erwin, especially if their HTML
> tutorial is anything to go by. Much time and effort is spent in Web
> authoring newsgroups debunking the myths and false impressions
> propagated by the W3Schools' HTML tutorial. For example, in spite of
> what they say in later pages, the introduction fosters the common
> misconception that tags are instructions to browsers how to display Web
> pages.
>
> I am of course making the assumption that the other tutorials are
> similarly poor in quality. Criticism of their PHP tutorial would be
> appreciated.
>
Hi John,
You may be right, I never looked at the HTML course.
All courses on w3schools I did look at gave me a good impression.
Of course w3schools is not a place to master a technic, but it is a great
place to get a quick overview so you know at least what is involved in a
certain technic.
Darn, I heard so much about AJAX some time ago it made me nervous. SO I
checked their guide, and I knew within the hour what it all was about, and
also recognized the technic because I used it years ago, only without the
handy HTTPXML-object thingy or whatever name it gets in different browsers.
For an expert it is easy to spot cutted corners by w3schools, and surely
you'll find things that are not 100% correct.
The advantage is that they provide a quick overview without the details. In
most cases you don't care about the details when just starting with some
technic.
And above all: I am too lazy to keep up an online trainingcenter, so I have
no right to complain. :-)
Personally I REALLY LIKE quickstart guides as presented by w3schools.
I really don't like megabytes/hundreds pages of technical stuff before
getting something done.
I like to see a technic at work, try it out myself, and if the technic and I
are compatable, I dive into the Gory Details. :-)
But of course, this is just a matter of taste. I think different people
learn in different ways. I am just the 'hands-on' type of guy, so I advise
w3schools a lot.
just my 2 cent in defense of w3schools. :-)
Regards,
Erwin Moller
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