Jay Ellsworth Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Hello, Long-time reader, first time posting. I got my bachelor's in software development a few years ago now and my courses were all online. I didn't know any of my classmates, communication wasn't great and getting help from the instructor involved emailing your question, waiting like a day, getting part of it answered, ask follow-up questions, wait a day. Rinse and repeat. I got through my homework each night largely due to the information I found on w3schools.com. There were others of course, but w3schools was a staple for me. I've always liked how it's laid out and how things are presented. We got talking about it at work and a coworker said I'm taking my chances by using w3schools.com because the information is out of date and that it's no longer curated or kept up to date by anyone. I grew to like it and w3schools.com is still a go-to resource for me so I'm curious. Obviously these forums are active, but is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I don't know how often the site gets updated, but in the past there have been problems with things that were out of date, or using bad examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funce Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 w3schools is one of my go-to sites whenever I need to clarify anything surrounding my HTML or CSS. I tend to look at MDN more for JS, and php.net for PHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I use MDN for HTML and CSS. W3Schools is good for learning. Their primary job is to teach the basics and they do a pretty good job making things easy to understand. It is not complete as a reference, but that's not the focus. As for W3Schools not being kept up to date, I have seen evidence that it is getting updated pretty frequently. It is pretty often that new forum members mention pages on the site that I was not aware existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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