[Help] Getting started to learn to code a website

[GMDesolved]

I wish to know how you guys started learning to code a full complete website. From 0 knowledge to professional coding and what resources did you guys learn that from. Really interested in learning how to code a website but I have no idea where to start, PHP or HTML? Furthermore, is Dreamweaver the best program for website programming or is there other program which are more user friendly and understandable?

 

[Gierek]

The best program for website coding are hands HTML is a basic thing you must know before starting PHP. You may use programs when you know HTML and a bit PHP so you'll be able to fix problem if happen.

 

[holthelper]

The best program for website coding are hands HTML is a basic thing you must know before starting PHP. You may use programs when you know HTML and a bit PHP so you'll be able to fix problem if happen.

i wonder if you actually know what your talking about...

@OP
buy a beginners book if you have 0 knowledge.

 

[Scratch]

i started with basic tags and the functions of each one, how to use font colors and make tables, than divs, css, and stuff

 

[NubPro]

Here's my advice,
For a beginner, you're required to use notepad to learn basic HTML.
Then, once you learnt all of them start with Dreamweaver with more advance and try to work on css and html.
After that, you can use any random program and start to learn to PHP and MSQL

 

[TimeBomb]

I don't like Dreamweaver. It's the easy way out. It reminds me of how constant use of Visual Studio (The IDE for VB.Net and C# and the other .NET-based languages) made it very difficult for me to comfortably learn how to code my own UI in any language (ex. C++).

Look at the link in my signature, about my programming past. It vaguely describes how I started out, amongst other things.

In reality, nearly everything I have learned about programming has come from data that I got via google.

 

[s-p-n]

Furthermore, is Dreamweaver the best program for website programming or is there other program which are more user friendly and understandable?

Short answer, yes.

Long answer, You absolutely must learn dreamweaver, and Dreamweaver will help you get started with visual web design. As soon as you feel comfortable with dreamweaver, code web-sites in HTML. Start by using Code View in Dreamweaver, then once you feel a little more comfortable, switch to Notepad++ and challenge yourself.

The only reason you should learn dreamweaver is literally because everyone else knows it. Every web design place I've been to in my life, uses dreamweaver- even the ones I never worked at, I found they used dreamweaver and left. My mistake, because pretty much every web design professional can use this hunk of a tool.

So, you should learn it, as it's the "most popular" and "most required" web design program in the web design job market. Perhaps out of other tools, more web design professionals call DreamWeaver the "best." (Almost nobody on ragezone does.. Go figure- hobbiests hate anything expensive- including DW).


As for your pointers... W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

If I didn't have finals this week I'd actually waste your time and tell you instead of pointing you to a better resource than me.

 

[NubPro]

Well actually Dreamweaver seems to be really annoying and buggy however it's really simple when you're coding html, css and php.

 

[Negata]

From 0 to pro, I suggest a book or a very lengthy tutorial into web development. Pick a source and stick to it, especially if and when things get difficult. Going out of your way and learning random stuff in random order won't get you anywhere in the long run because you'll end up with critical holes in your knowledge and won't even know what they are.

HTML is used to describe what the websites look like. You can build a static site completely in HTML and open the file in a browser on your own computer. Adding PHP will let you do dynamic stuff, for example print the current date onto the page (into the HTML, as HTML) in a given place, and of course all the advanced stuff with databases and all that. Then there is JavaScript which you can add into the HTML, which performs operations on the client side, whereas PHP is a one-time rendering at server. Basically what JS does is modify the original HTML while the page is already open on the browser. So HTML really is the base and regardless of whether you do the rendering with JS or PHP, the result will be plain HTML anyway.