How long would it take to learn programming from scratch?
I know next to nothing about programming or web design.
My question is, if I wanted to create a respectable looking website from scratch, not using a CMS or frontpage or anything like that..How long would it take me to acquire the neccessary skills to do so?
And what would I have to learn?
I would appreciate any info, I want to know whether its worth it to invest time/money into doing so.
learning graphics and a little bit of design (and how to work a graphcis program) it should take you a couple of months. took me around that long to learn everything from scratch. i had my first website on free hosting and i made the images and logo myself too.
all you need for a basic website is html and css and you’re lucky because back when i started, the internet was a very young place
http://www.w3schools.com/ is a good place to start.
but that’s not programming. html and css are just markup language, used to position and color images and text on a page.
if you wish, your next step would be to learn a web programming language. javascript and php are the two basic languages and require no special tools or systems to buy. you can set things up on your own pc.
for starter, you must learn html, css and web design.
next, you may want to learn javascript for client-side scripting, and server-side scripting ( can be one of these : php, asp, perl, jsp; depends on your choice )
get some books about html and css and web design for beginners.
you may also want to search for some good websites that provides the related information in which you can learn.
this one is good :
http://www.w3schools.com
you may want to download some good editors to help you easier to write the code.
this one is a good editor :
http://www.htmlkit.com/download/