Starting Places to Learn In-Depth

[sentosa]

After looking around on the internet for a little bit, I found that the two main methods for web development are HTML+CSS and Bootstrap (with sass). Which one should I learn?

Additionally, if anyone has a specific place to learn, please let me know! I don't want people to say "oh just look on youtube for videos" because while youtube videos are very helpful, I prefer a more organized, orderly set of structured instruction. Thanks!

 

[sentosa]

• html and css are frontend only (not used for development)
• Bootstrap is a css framework used for creating websites

You need to learn html and css, and then bootstrap if you want to however that is not essential.
I'd recommend starting out by looking at w3schools

1. Learn HTML - https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
2. Learn CSS - https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

Once you have got that down then you can start thinking about a language to actually develop in (html and css are frontend only).
There are many different options including php, nodejs and ruby on rails but at the current state of the web development industry node is by far the fastest growing and most practical so I would recommend that - https://nodejs.org/en/

Thank you so much! If I were to use JS, would it encompass the entire backend scheme of my website? Or do I need to incorporate other developmental languages?

 

[Mantas from MNTS]

You can use PHP, too, it might be easier.

Honestly, there's a lot of things you can look at. Just try everything and look at examples. That's how I learned

 

[chocolatecooke]

Learn flexbox over bootstrap in my opinion.
https://flexboxfroggy.com/
Great website ^^

 

[Redshadus]

Websites usually consist of HTML, CSS and JavaScript for the front-end and if it has a back end, it's usually PHP, NodeJS, Ruby or something else. I'd recommend getting to know HTML, CSS and JS before anything else and if you're not too bothered about learning a lot of back end development, go with PHP. It's the easiest to use IMO.

I wouldn't recommend Bootstrap. It's quite old and not very professional anymore. It's nice to look at some designs and use it to get a feeling of how you should design a web page, but that's it.

 

[Joshua C]

Here's my personal advice, likely what I would tell my relatives, friends and fellow developers to stick to.
You need to introduce yourself to the language you like the most.

For me in the start, JavaScript was a headache but HTML, CSS were the best part to do.

You need to learn HTML, CSS as you're a starter or basically you won't get enough knowledge to your points.
JavaScript is a step-one to functions, and even backend features. If you understand JavaScript and you can easily understand the other languages in the back-end part as well.

Bootstrap to me isn't very recommended. Using PURE CSS is the key to improve your knowledge.
I can still tell you, I don't use Bootstrap for any of my websites.