What is the best way to learn programming and web design?

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I think http://www.w3schools.com/ is suitable for you dear. It's support most of thing you want to design a website. When you have some basic knowledge about the programing language, you can use Dreamweaver software to design your website. This software is very popular and powerful in creating website. you can search this book "Dreamweaver The Missing Manual". This book content all knowledge to design a website!

i am also very much interested in learning web designing and had done my best from last 2 years. all you have to do is grab a seat in any coatching center which teaches html, or if u think u r capable of doing it on your own then "w3schools.com" is the best source. after html, learn java scripting, with these two tools u can create web pages. and if u want to be a professional in web designing, then there is a lot u need to learn, asp, php, sql, visual basic,... of course if you are really interested its not a big deal.. and for writing html pages use "html editor" softwares like "coffee cup" etc... they will be very helpful as the find out errors in written code.

Hi Puccagirl!. I am really curious to learn it too but its to expensive to take a course about it. So I think the best way to learn is buying a book about it and do practice as the book told. I think we also see in the internet, we can got many information there as long we had time browsing from one site to another which I find out quite boring sometimes.

The best place to learn programming is through school.

From personal experience, you don't need to take a course to learn the "simple" stuff, like HTML and CSS. I got my bachelor's degree in Management a little over a year ago, but most of what I am doing now is web related. I never took any classes on web design, teaching myself HTML and CSS while I was at school, and learning Javascript/JQuery and PHP later. The most important thing with any designer/developer is to stick with it. I know this is true with anything, but I feel it is more so in the web industry since everything changes so quickly. If in the future you change your mind, I find that a lot of people not in the industry, like employers, don't differentiate between design and development; the job title will say one thing, but the description will read as the other. Such as an employer that thinks a web designer is the graphic artist, and the web developer can set up the entire office network. Learning with books is a great way to start, as is looking at other websites; I learned HTML by looking at the code of a bunch of websites I frequented. I use Firefox as my browser, and have downloaded the firebug extension; it allows you to look at and edit the code of a website you are looking at (don't worry, edits are local). Every major browser has their equivalent of Firebug at this point, so use whatever you are most comfortable with. You will also need a local development environment at some point, I use XAMPP; it's very easy to install, and works on any operating system. Good luck with your learning.

If you're a technically minded person, a "Teach Yourself..." book will be all you need. If you're more artistically minded, you'll want the visual aids that a person-to-person short course provides. Once you've mastered the basics, it's just a matter of knowing what you want to achieve and being able to locate the commands needed in order to render the end results.

I thinks for learning you need only to do the practical work.