Is there a video tutorial, WYSI... editor, or something out there to help me get a good grasp of coding?

Question

I am good with photoshop, and have a designers eye. Unfortunately, I am hopelessly inept when it comes to coding. I have read through basic html, xhtml, and css tutorials, but I am so visual it is hard to really grasp it without a helping hand. I have googled this topic ALOT, lol. But, all I find are more tutorials on the basics, which I already understand to an extent, and WYS's... that only offer basic webdesign capabilities. Maybe I am hoping for too much, but I really want something to show/help me create an advanced website. I know I can do it, but I need a push i the right direction. If possible, I would like something that doesn't involve tables. I don't get the concept, and I hear they are outdated anyway.

oh yes. another monkey wrench in the works is that anything suggested has to be free. i am in college with NO money. trial versions of things are acceptable, but free is obviously prefered. thanks in advance.

note. when i say visual, i don't mean reading. if you have add or any form of learning disability you will understand what i mean. reading is ok, but i am looking for something more hands on that i can watch happening... video, wys, anything but more type that just goes on and on... like i said before, i understand how code works. i don't need a lesson on how to type it... so much as i need to see how all the typing comes together.

ok... i am getting some good answers... but not quite getting my meaning through i think. i scratch the question above if you will... can someone just explain tables? how do they work? why are they there? can i get rid ofthem? how? anything you can offer.

Answer 1

any video tutorial of someone programming is going to look like the code you see in a book being typed into a blank window. you say you are visual which is fine, but a book *is* visual. coding is typing abstract text into a piece of software, and a book really is the best place to learn this. maybe there are video tutorials of coding out there but i doubt it.

Answer 2

It's hard to find good video HTML tutorials out there. If you are looking for software to code a site, get Eclipse IDE and install it the Aptana plugin. IDE's are usually a good thing when coding, as they help you debug, and make your life a lot easier, not having to remember many things.

However, the best thing I can suggest you are a few books. Then again, there is nothing a few books have that is not on the internet. My best suggestion, read the w3c standards on HTML, they help a lot to understand how a website is structured.

Answer 3

Well if you have Googled the subject you have more than likely seen a good portion of what is offered there. You are located at the best medium for what you are after.
Library, have you best selection of text on the subject.
Just to let you know there is much more to it than simply knowing code.
My suggestion is to learn from one of the Web design programs and pick up the HTML as you go.
Frontpage,
Dreamweaver,
Notepad.
You have many options, Learning code is going to be much harder than learning from one of the many Web Design Programs, or Software.
Don