Comments on: Sitepoint releases HTML reference as a beta

By: James Skemp

James Skemp — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:10:33 +0000

Goodman’s Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference – no desk should be without it.

By: alektraunic

alektraunic — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:46:59 +0000

ditto on http://www.devguru.com, even though it is getting outdated these days i can not count the number of times i have looked to it for a quick answer on JavaScript, XHTML (HTML), CSS, or XSLT. no other site i have seen presents the information in such a clear and to the point way.

p.s. any idea who runs that site? it has been around forever and i have never heard anything about them. i am curious if they are still active and if it will ever be updated.

By: moschel

moschel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:00:21 +0000

To a beginner, the most useful part of W3schools is the interactive examples. The sitepoint reference seems thorough, but some places where you can see it in action and play with it is the most useful way to learn. Same goes for the CSS reference.

By: musicfreak

musicfreak — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:28:08 +0000

It’s handy, I’ll admit, but it isn’t terribly needed. There aren’t so many tags that you can’t just scroll through W3Schools. Unless you are new to HTML and need to know what tags do what, you can just use the W3S reference. But I’m not going to complain, because it never hurts to have a more organized version. =)