Hi Prism,

I see what you're saying. Different strokes for different folks. I'm not as tactile a learner as that. Give me a good book to read first so that I have a point of reference and I will usually catch on much quicker. Was just looking at a website called Lynda.com. They have tutorials up the gazoo with all sorts of courses. Anyone had experience with them? They seem reasonable at least.

I've heard good things, but haven't tried them.
Here's another resource:
https://learnable.com/?utm_source=SiteP … PPermanent

I've dealt with Learnable.com and they are pretty good, I was "going to" check out Lynda.com at one time, but never got around to it.

Check out the HTML, HTML5 and CSS3 books in the The Missing Manual series of books and you'll be more than on your way with those.

In my firs post above 30 Days to Learn HTML & CSS http://learncss.tutsplus.com/ it's great source for start


And as for lynda.com I have this two title from lynda.com and I like this author James Williamson

HTML5 First Look with James Williamson

http://www.lynda.com/HTML-5-tutorials/h … 161-2.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJdQoPYGKO0

CSS3 First Look with James Williamson

http://www.lynda.com/CSS3-tutorials/fir … 288-2.html

Sitepoint has great books as well and I have two book of them

Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS 3RD Edition

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html3/

And their new book called Jump Start Responsive Web Design( I advice you register first and wait sometimes for their promotion email for their great offer I got their ebook for just $15.00 )

http://www.sitepoint.com/books/responsive1/

And don't forget YouTube it has many great tutorials for on CSS and HTML Crash Course

I have by the last count 24 books on HTML 2 on Java 3 on JavaScript 5 on Virtual Basic 1 on Virtual C the complete version of Microsoft C and several books on website design theory. They are good to read but then I tend to do my own thing anyway.

I have just been playing with Grid systems about 10 different ones. I am getting pretty good at their structure and layout rules but I did what I said I downloaded an example and fiddled with it until I made a mess then read the notes which answered my questions and then created my own grid system as the ones I found did not quite do it for me, one that is sympathetic to the universal CMS system I created. Responsive CMS. It bends a few rules but browsers do not object. Sometimes I try the rest then create the best.

I dabble in things that are slightly left of center, so Jenny if you get stuck at anything ask, impossible is not in my vocabulary.

To learn anything you need the elements that are required to produce what you want whether that is a physical, theoretical or as an example bake a cake. Think what you need to know about first. The ingredients or the thing you take for granted the heating source. How to turn the oven on and how to adjust it. Did you read its manual or just turn knobs to first learn how that works. We got anew TV the other day and my wife bless her cotton socks did precisely what I would have wanted. I plugged it in, she pointed the remote at it and pressed all the buttons and watched what they did, then picked up the manual and programmed all the channels in took 20mins total.

Definitely a gal after my own heart. Love of my life actually. Must say this, Our 48th Anniversary is coming up.
I spent a lot of time training operators to use complicated equipment and learnt hopefully over many years to recognise to put the horse before the cart.
As an exercise write a simple operation sheet of getting up in the morning and making breakfast.
I bet you have to re write once you read it, most forget processes, things you do every day.

What I am saying you need to learn how to learn, picking up a book and reading it does not associate it immediately with what it describes.

Well my reply was base on title of topic

BEST PLACE TO LEARN WEB DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT FOR FREE?

So my above posts are where you can find basic level of learning base on video for FREE

And generally we have 3 type of learners
1. Visual learners by watching video and any kind of presentation
2. Audio learners
3. Text learners by reading thru books

Identify yourself which category applys to you then proceed with learning.

Hi there,

I can't see any of the videos as I'm on the train and they block you tube!

However, I found a site called "the new Boston" very useful for me.

Sorry to go off topic, Mansour, there are four main types of learners (although depending on what papers/journals you read there are up to 26). I like Neil Flemings (which you have pointed to) and David Kolbs personally.

Neil Flemmings four main learning styles are (in a basic form)

Visual - someone who learns from seeing how its done ie watching a video

Audio - someone who learns by being told how its done ie listening to instructions

Reader - some one who learns by reading, especially their own notes ie reads the manual 1st

Kinaesthetic - someone who learns by actually doing it ie opens box, throws manual to the side and spends the next 6 hours building said flat pack item

These very rarely stand alone for example I am a visual-kinaesthetic learner, I like to see how it's done then do it.....no manuals for me!!! Must be the Y chromosome!

Hope this helps

Yep good learning points guys. I myself am one of those pick it up and just do it types when it comes to electronic items such as watches and clocks and radios and cd players etc. I'm the one people usually ask to change the time or alarms on their watches or whatever because for some reason I just have a knack for electronic items. I can usually just grab a tv and hook it up and get it all setup channel wise without using a manual (digital channel setting it so much fun to work out sometimes lol).

But Coding is not like that for me at all. I love working through examples which is always why I suggest the "The Missing Manual" series of books as they really give you good hands on knowledge rather than just dry reading. I can't sit and read a book and learn for very long, my brain just wont' sit that long without some type of other stimulation so for me hands on and reading work very well together. I do learn from example too rather than just reading. I have learned "bits and pieces" of some things like C++ by just doing it also, but I didn't really learn how it all works, only how to edit this or that to get this result with trial and error. For me though, trial and error can sometimes take a whole lot longer than if I sit down and just learn something. I by no means know C++ in any way, only know how to edit certain things to make a game server work and create new items for it. A very limited selection which teaches you basically nothing lol.

So sure, you can figure out how to manipulate things here and there no problem, but for the most part just jumping in and doing it doesn't "teach" you anything, only gives you the ability to edit things that you may not quite understand how it all works with.

I dunno, that's what works best for me so I stick with it, but you are both correct, not everyone is the same, but since the original poster "was" looking for learning materials rather than asking for hands on only stuff .... nuff said :P

The W3 Schools, hands down. 100% free forever.

http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Holy ontology, Batman!

• Outline what ever you would like to accomplish.
• Identify the relevant technologies.
• Find both theoretical and practical references, especially books, concerning each technology.
• Read the references' tables of contents to identify bits along the path to solving your problem. Quickly skim chapters that concern things new and strange to you. Avoid reading technical books from start to end, as though they were novels. Don't bother reading academic papers unless you plan to write academic papers yourself.
• You don't have much depth yet, but you have developed vocabulary in the problem domain, and you know where to look in your reference material for answers.
• Start hacking on your project. Get your hands very dirty. Refine your outline as you learn more.
• Borrow others' work and examples, but give credit. Ask questions via the Web.
• You are finished when your project actually works. If you've been true to the process, your original outline has transformed into the project's documentation as a side effect.
• Once your project works properly, feel free to rip it up, start it all over again and "do it right this time." You know you want to.

I also recommend W3 Schools and Learnable. Check out O'Reilly Publishing, too.