How difficult is it to learn html?

Question

I realize there is a lot to it, but could a person be taught the basics (enough to create their own simple website) without having to take classes? Anyone have any good ideas where I could learn the basics without spending a lot of money and time?

Answer 1

A person can learn the basics enough to build a basic page in a weekend or so. There are all sorts of tutorials out there for (x)HTML and CSS. I think it will take a couple weeks for you to be comfortable with CSS but you can learn HTML in a weekend if you put your mind to it.

here are some sites that may help you:
http://htmldog.com
http://webmonkey.com
http://w3c.org
http://alistapart.com
http://w3cschools.com
http://sitepoint.com
http://oreilly.com
http://www.csszengarden.com/
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
http://www.456bereastreet.com

Those links are not in any particular order but each site has its own advantages. most offer free learning opportunities as well.

Answer 2

Basic HTML isn't that difficult. There are LOTS of good tutorials online. http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp is an excellent site, with good introduction and learning samples.

Answer 3

What is here is good, but I'd also suggest that you get a few "test" boards... I use invisionfree. I play around with the codes on a test board, and when I get it looking right, I move it to one of my sites or a "real" board:
http://www.invisionfree.com
these are some good placesto learn coding too:
http://www.tutorialized.com/
http://www.hackthissite.org/
http://howto.50webs.net/

Answer 4

w3schools.com is one good place to take what you might call self-paced classes online (free).

I learned on my own, trial and error, over the course of, say, 6 years, but I'm not finished yet, and I daresay, never will be.