Quick HTML Classes

Quickies: Because HTML is so straightforward and simple, several sites offer "quickie" courses to teach basics in 10 to 30 minutes. However, I think that mastering this simplicity depends in some (large?) part on grasping the purpose and reasoning of HTML. The lack of that background understanding limits these quick-start sites. Even the best of them are more like a conversational reference sheet. This may be all that is needed for the student who already knows what he or she is aiming for and simply wants some training. Of the quickies,I like these three best. The first two are more linear in their presentation, while the Webmonkey is more nonlinear.	Dave Raggert's 10-minute HTML is the most authoritative since he literally wrote the book and heads one of the committees for the W3C who decide all HTML matters. His guide is very straightforward and covers the most basic elements, but is so stripped down that it is almost only a reference sheet. It has little of the wit and passion that characterize his book. Project Cool has an excellent quickstart tutorial in addition to a more extended lesson. This site also includes a "test bed" where a student can try out code and see what happens. Webmonkey offers a breezy introduction to HTML. Since this tutorial is offered by HotWired magazine, it is aimed at the student who feels confident and ambitious. After a very brief introduction it offers a nonlinear menu of topics for the student to do what she or he wants.

Quickies:

Because HTML is so straightforward and simple, several sites offer "quickie" courses to teach basics in 10 to 30 minutes. However, I think that mastering this simplicity depends in some (large?) part on grasping the purpose and reasoning of HTML. The lack of that background understanding limits these quick-start sites. Even the best of them are more like a conversational reference sheet. This may be all that is needed for the student who already knows what he or she is aiming for and simply wants some training. Of the quickies,I like these three best. The first two are more linear in their presentation, while the Webmonkey is more nonlinear.

Dave Raggert's 10-minute HTML is the most authoritative since he literally wrote the book and heads one of the committees for the W3C who decide all HTML matters. His guide is very straightforward and covers the most basic elements, but is so stripped down that it is almost only a reference sheet. It has little of the wit and passion that characterize his book.

Project Cool has an excellent quickstart tutorial in addition to a more extended lesson. This site also includes a "test bed" where a student can try out code and see what happens.

Webmonkey offers a breezy introduction to HTML. Since this tutorial is offered by HotWired magazine, it is aimed at the student who feels confident and ambitious. After a very brief introduction it offers a nonlinear menu of topics for the student to do what she or he wants.

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