Hassan Schroeder wrote in post #964393: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser > <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > >> Depends. Most of w3schools' HTML and CSS information that I've seen is >> pretty good. It's usually one of the first places I tell learners to go. > > Good for you. It's still not the definitive source for the HTML and CSS > recommendations, whatever improvements they've made to it.
Of course it isn't. But it *is* geared to learners, which the official spec is not. > Which > I see no reason to waste time evaluating Then don't waste time expressing unfounded opinions about it. > when the real thing is > available. The real thing is the definitive reference. It is not geared to learners. I think that if a raw beginner tried to learn HTML from the official spec, he'd never get out of the starting gate. > >>> Read and bookmark the actual W3C recommendations as references. >> >> That won't help a beginner. Even after 12 years of Web design and >> development, I find those documents nearly unreadable. > > My heart goes out to you -- but maybe other people won't have that > problem. Learning to read the canonical documents wouldn't seem > like such an ambitious goal. :-) I perhaps overstated a little. I do refer to the spec for reference. But I don't think it's meant for learners. > >>> A newcomer to the web should also read the HTTP RFCs. >> >> Why on earth? > > Because there are people posting here who obviously have no idea > how HTTP really works. I think that's essential for someone doing > "web development". Yes. But again, the RFC, while the definitive references, is probably not the best introduction. I think a high-level explanation of the HTTP request cycle is probably more helpful. > > But remaining ignorant is certainly an option -- even a popular one in > some quarters, apparently. Unfortunately, it seems so. > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > twitter: @hassan Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org mar...@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
