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Hey guys,
So I want to start web-development but I have a question to ask. Would I learn html and css before php and such? I have an ideas but I just want some confirmation.
Thanks for your help.

I'd recommend starting with HTML.
After that you can learn PHP or CSS or whatever you want.

I would start with HTML and work your way from there.
HTML is very easy to understand and not hard.
You can go to http://www.w3schools.com/html/ to learn.

Try learning HTML. It will take 3-4 hours max. It's really easy. Then go to CSS, that would take a little longer though but its quite easy too. Then try Javascript and finish up with PHP-SQL.

(04-28-2011, 12:31 PM)harris21 Wrote: [ -> ]Try learning HTML. It will take 3-4 hours max. It's really easy. Then go to CSS, that would take a little longer though but its quite easy too. Then try Javascript and finish up with PHP-SQL.

I'd say PHP is more important than Javascript for starting off.
But then what do I know I'm clueless when it comes to web design.

Start off with HTML...
w3schools.comis a great place to start, html is not hard to learn and with enough training you'll not need more than a month to learn it.

The next step would be CSS...
w3schools.com again, has enough information on css also, it will bring you into those 2 languages.

Now, it depends what "skills" you wish to expand, yea.. just like a game...
Basic knowledge in HTML and CSS is needed for web developing, among other things. You can however invest more time, experimenting with HTML/CSS, gaining more knowledge....

Web Applications mostly use some kind of Server-Side Scripting Language, PHP is the most popular one, while python for example can be used for server-side scripting.
So you'll need to learn how to, write scripts which are executed on the server, in order to parse and format the outputs of the script, you will use HTML/CSS to style your output (presentation).

JavaScript would be used to make your application (site) more, dynamic...move, resize, drag...etc...
JavaScript and PHP have pretty much the "almost" same syntax, so by learning one langauge you can already code with the other...
However, PHP is the Server-Side, which is more important then effects, so I would recommend starting in following order;
HTML -> CSS -> PHP -> JavaScript

HTML and CSS shouldn't be hard to learn, PHP and JavaScript in other case, this can take you much longer, 6 Months and up. (Basic Knowldege) o.O
w3schools.com, has also examples and tutorials for PHP and JS.
w3scools is just there to introduce you to the languages and their structures, once you go through their articles it's up to you to expand and improve your knowledge... (skills/gain exp)
Read other scripts on the net, tutorials and write a lot of your own stuff, just try things out and learn from it.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/html5/html5_reference.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp
http://www.php.net/
http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

http://www.css3.info/

Thanks for the inputs guys.
@ Gaijin, I've seen the w3school is crap.

Also if I learn html,css and php would that also give me knowledge on SEO?

(04-28-2011, 12:35 PM)Fragma Wrote: [ -> ]I'd say PHP is more important than Javascript for starting off.
But then what do I know I'm clueless when it comes to web design.

PHP is more important than Javascript indeed. But in my opinion, JS is easier to learn.

HTML will take you around a month perhaps two to fully learn it, maybe more for the new HTML version.
But start with HTML -> CSS -> PHP -> JAVASCRIPT -> MYSQL, mix it later, make a CMS, etc.

(04-29-2011, 12:40 AM)AzNFlare Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for the inputs guys.
@ Gaijin, I've seen the w3school is crap.

Also if I learn html,css and php would that also give me knowledge on SEO?

I don't see w3school as crap, it has enough information to serve you as a door into the world of web development.
It doesn't take you long to understand the languages that were mentioned, and w3schools is good for explaining you the structure of each language. Once you understand the languages, it is up to you to learn them.

You need to write a lot of your own stuff, make a lot mistakes and learn from them, there are more good sites that can teach you HTML and other languages, w3schools has all information so you don't have to search around.
Once you are able to write your own page, you simply start looking at some other codes and try to understand them.

You can view the HTML structure of any page you visit, you can look for specific tutorials and learn from their techniques or just code something on your own, that is the best way to improve your understanding of all thos languages and eventually mix them later.

SEO is a term describing a group of techniques which are being applied to the coding style, advertising, site-content... etc...
You will not learn any seo techniques by learning HTML/CSS/JS or PHP.
The above languages can help you to understand how search-engines find and parse your site, and you can find the correct technique to improve your site's results for the search engine.

This topic comes at last, you don't have to worry about it know, once you get on with php you can start looking at seo too.

http://net.tutsplus.com/category/tutoria...echniques/
http://net.tutsplus.com/category/tutoria...ript-ajax/
http://net.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/php/