learning HTML/web design

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  • jtb260

    All you need to get started is a decent text editor. Everyone here will have some kind of opinion on the subject of what is best. For OSX I like TextMate. It's barebones and simple, which is what you want when your first getting started.

    The only other thing you really need to get started is a browser. Chrome is good - it comes with a decent set of developer tools (mostly you'll be interested in the inspect element function. If you prefer firefox, I'd install the Firebug extension.

    There are a ton of resources.
    + Lynda.com - requires a subscription but the classes are pretty good. I recommend the Creating and Editing Custom Themes (has a good html/css primer. This is good too: http://www.lynda.com/HTML-tutori…

    + w3schools.com - this is a pretty good resource too. All the html and css knowledge you need is in here. Also free.

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