Without the basics you will not understand the advanced stuff... Just saying.

Tom804,

You should learn about whatever you are going to be using. HTML and CSS are still heavily supported. There are some very cool features in the new languages but it doesn’t make sense to learn it if you aren’t going to use it.

Best,

Shawn

HTML and CSS are the building blocks of Website Design. I would suggest you start by learning them. The new HTML5 and CSS3 standards simply build on top of the original standards.

Here are some excellent resources for learning HTML and CSS. I highly recommend using W3Schools. You will be able to learn with documentation, examples, quizzes, references and more. The website even has a "Try it yourself" page that allows you to submit HTML and CSS code. The code is parsed and a preview box shows the result of your code.

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Best of luck!

HTML/CSS or HTML5/CSS3

1995 Nissan Sentra or 2013 BMW

You choose.

You learn the latest standards, but you will understand HTML anyway when learning HTML5 and likewise with CSS and CSS3. They just add extra functionality on top of the existing standards, whilst HTML5 is strong on semantics which can only be a good thing for your design career. Remember to learn about fallbacks when coding for some of the older browsers which don't support the latest code, namely the IE family.

Here's a good one - Modernizr: the feature detection library for HTML5/CSS3

First of all...

HTML5 and CSS3 are still NOT standard...

Second: HTM5 is still HTML, CSS3 is still CSS... nothing more, nothing less

If you have no clue about the box model or HTML at all... start with the basics.

Or do you jump in a F1 car without knowing how to drive on racetracks at all?

Buckle up and hit the accelerator. Best way to learn is trial and error.

If you use HTML5/CSS3, be ready to handle the browsers that do not understand the latest tags. IE will also give you lots of headache (it does with HTML as well). There are some HTML5

You can use scripts like html5shiv - HTML5 IE enabling script - Google Project Hosting to make old browsers understand HTML5.

I'm confused as to what 'the experts' are saying here. If he is learning HTML and CSS why would he not learn the newest standards at the same time? it seems idiotic not to.

tom804, I learnt HTML(5), CSS(3), JS, PHP(5.4), MySQL all in the last 3 years while finishing my BA (In a completely unrelated discipline). If you are going to look at 'how-to' resources, don't get the book that's titled 'HTML' - get the book that's titled 'HTML5' (same goes for CSS). You need to learn the newest technologies to remain competitive.

Buckle up, hit the accelerator. Preferably in a newer car with air bags.

HTML and CSS also known as HyperText Markup Language and Cascading Style Sheet respectively are languages used to create and enhance websites. HTML is a markup language that uses tags and codes to create a website. CSS is used to format the website and to enhance its appearance of websites created in markup languages. Both HTML and CSS make the basic supplements of websites and are supported by all web browsers.

HTML5 and CSS3 are advanced and upgraded versions of basic HTML and CSS. They offer additional features, tags and attributes that not only add to the website's appearance and performance but also make it easier for the programmer to add features to the website. However, HTML5 and CSS3 are not supported by older versions of browsers that may still be used by several users.

It is recommended to learn HTML and CSS before one step into the advanced versions. Not only will you gain better understanding of the languages but you will also be able to tackle every problem you may come across while making the design compatible with all browsers.

HTML5 and CSS3 are still HTML and CSS, you need to know the principles and how they work.

Hey, For learning HTML5 and CSS3, first you need to understand HTML/CSS because it is the main base of that and without that you can't learn next version. So, Both are necessary.

You can`t learn HTML5 and miss HTML, just because HTML5 is plain HTML and then some more So yes, learn HTML5 and CSS3 But be aware that those aren't standards yet.

HTML5 it's only a marketing definition. It is still simple HTML with some new features and tags.

Okay so i've been using Learn to code | Codecademy to learn HTML and CSS. I highly recommend that site for anybody that's trying to learn HTML and CSS.