Learning HTML in a Weekend

If you've been looking at books that teach you how to learn HTML in a weekend, get ready for a surprise - you don't need to waste your whole weekend. You can learn HTML in far less time, if you use the correct strategy.

The fact is, learning basic HTML is easy - as long as you try out what you are learning immediately.

The conventional system taught in books involves juggling three parts: the book, a text editor and your web browser.

This is usually what happens...

You learn about making text bold. To try this out you...

  • open the Notepad program on your computer

  • type in some HTML

  • save it somewhere on your computer

  • find the file on your computer

  • open it in your web browser

If you made a mistake, and need to make changes, you then have to...

  • resave the file

  • go back to your web browser

  • click refresh to see the changes

Now, imagine doing this for everything single concept you learn. Repeat this process dozens of times, and you begin to see why it would take you a weekend to learn HTML. You'd be exhausted by the end of the first chapter.

Learning HTML from a book means having to juggle these three parts - the book, the editor and the browser. That's why it takes so long - HTML principles can be understood pretty quickly. Most people are surprised that it there isn't a lot more to learn. But it is the wasted time in between learning about principles and trying them out that diminishes your capacity to learn.

This is where a system like One Hour HTML really succeeds. You learn far quicker because all three parts are combined into one. You read about a principle, type it in to the program and - with one click - your formatted text opens up. This really is learning HTML fast.

HTML is easy - but the process of learning HTML is usually harder than it needs to be. And that is where your weekend goes!

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