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Your second point is off the mark - I teach a load of kids (12-16 years old or so) who know all about pressing F12 and looking at source code, but who know next
by mistro 12y ago
Your second point is off the mark - I teach a load of kids (12-16 years old or so) who know all about pressing F12 and looking at source code, but who know next to nothing more about HTML, CSS, Python etc.
Whether or not they'd be interested in reading a book when you can just watch it on Youtube is another matter entirely!
- linuxlizard 12y agoMy 12-yo is learning HTML/JS by reading and modifying websites' code.
- jarin 12y agoThat is how I learned when I was 12 too :)
- lstamour 12y agoBack then I didn't have developer tools though. That lowers the bar considerably to newcomers. :)
- err4nt 12y agoI first got excited about web design when my computer teacher taught me how to change table cell background colors, in Netscape Composer. Now I do responsive CSS for a living!
- fysac 12y agoI remember the endless amusement I had using Firebug to create ridiculous headlines on yahoo.com.
- yaddayadda 12y ago> 2. If someone is looking in the code, they're probably ready for books beyond "HTML & CSS". Key word in my original statement - "probably". I didn't claim that everyone reading it was beyond needing a beginners book, just that a reader of the code was "probably" ready for books beyond "HTML & CSS". As for books versus Youtube - yep, I'm an immigrant. In most cases, I personally still prefer books, online tutorials, and online forums to Youtube. But I'm not surprised to hear that isn't the case with kids. But then again, we're discussion a book-seller's site.