i was wandering whats the best code to look into for a noob to web design. I know a little in html, but i was wandering is there a certain new language that might be really popular in the future maybe the newest language for web design? thanks....and also please include if you could a website to help you learn it

Hello Brian101

The answer to your question depends on you. For simple webpages html is where you start. When you code you want that code to be read by all browsers. Unfortunately that isn't possible even today. If you are going for FLASH then you will need Java, XML, DHTML, PHP, ASP, Flash and a host of others. Html4 is the newest and where I would begin. Java, PHP, ASP are programing and Flash is something different all together. They all come together to help make your site what it is...Oh and did I tell you that you will need to learn a bit about graphics design...oh joy!

HTML is where I started. I built my first couple web sites in Notepad.
This is where I learned my HTML from. The HTML Pit Stop Just watch out, some of this stuff is a little dated, and you can ignore the "This will not work in such and such browsers."
If you want to get more into it and make more advanced web sites, then you need to start looking into software such as Dreamweaver. Learn HTML first though, sometimes it's easier to solve problems by looking at the code rather than using the software.

Hi Brian,

HTML is definitely the best place to begin. I taught myself too and there is so much information out there from really helpful websites that you shouldnt have a problem learning.

HTML Dog is a great site that can take you right through all the basics to the advanced stuff. But i would say the most important thing to learn is CSS - which is what you should use for styling your site. This is a good article to explain the basics - CSS: An Introduction - and then HTML Dog also has a load of great CSS tutorials.

HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles | HTML Dog

I personally think the best way to learn is to code from scratch - so dont get tempted into using Dreamweaver or FrontPage if you want to really learn properly.

If you want to make to make nice graphics i recommend Fireworks and Photoshop. Fireworks cant do everything Photoshop can, but its very easy to use and you can get great results.

Hope this helps!

As said before HTML is the best place to start fallowed up by CSS. Keep in mind that the HTML standard is going to XML. You can learn HTML/XML and CSS at w3 Schools W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

Once you have the basics of design and structure down I would reccomend learning Javascript or Client side VB Script. This will give you an understanding of variables and dynamic content processing.

Once you have an idea of how this works you can learn a Server Side Language for example ASP, PHP, C# etc. The newest thing out is AJAX, however microsoft may be tooting their own horn a little to loud about it. This will give you the ability to build database backed applications and many other features that make your website more interesting and interactive for your users.

And of course its always nice to learn some graphics design but a strong understanding of site structure is realy good, no matter how great the graphics if you don't have good structure your site might as well not be there.

I hope this helps.

HTML is the way to go to begin with. After that, learn yourself some CSS. When you are fluent in those, learn JavaScript, namely AJAX.

After that, the choice is yours, there is a plethora of things to learn. I personally recommend PHP, some prefer Perl, and then others prefer the weird languages (ASP, ColdFusion, Python, etc).