Learn to Code Web Pages
There are many ways to learn HTML - from instructor-led classes , online tutorials, through reading books on the subject to studying how others write their web pages. You can use a combination of these methods - whichever suits you best.
What worked for the author of this site?
Because of financial constraints, my only option was to read a book on HTML. I looked around and found an inexpensive book which was easy to read, yet it gave me a very good understanding of HTML. The Book I read was Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours. It has since been revised to include XHTML (The latest version of HTML).
 Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 hours |
 Teach Yourself HTML Visually |
 HTML Beginners Guide |
 HTML 4 for Dummies |
It's amazing what you can learn just by reading the right books!
Want to learn JavaScript?
Once I got familiar with HTML 4, I decided it was time to learn Javascript, so I could build extra features and functionality into my web pages.
That's why I bought another, more expensive book - "JavaScript Bible". This particular book lives right next to my computer for those times I want to do something I have not done before in JavaScript - the book usually has the answers! As with HTML, there are links to this book and 3 others below.
 JavaScript Bible |
 Teach Yourself Javascript in 24 hours |
 The Book of Javascript |
 JavaScript for Dummies |
How about Server Side Scripting?
The learning just never stops. The time came for me to start writing my own perl scripts. Once again, I started learning by reading a book. Since I really liked the first book (Teach Yourself HTML4 in 24 hours) I decided to get another book from that publisher.
Tell you what, Perl is not that easy to learn, but this book was quite clear. Has it made me and expert in Perl? Not yet. But then, I have only covered a few chapters - the ones I needed for things I wanted to do. I have only just scratched the surface of what Perl can do.
The book I bought is shown below, along with three others.
 Teach Yourself Perl in 21 days |
 Programming Perl |
 Learning Perl |
 Perl for Dummies |
Further reading
I have had a lot of help from some other sites in my quest to learn HTML and JavaScript. Here's a few of my favourites (in alphabetical order):
