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W3Schools is constantly being praised as a perfect site for beginners, especially with regards to the developments of [[HTML]] and use of [[CSS]]. Although W3Schools is criticised for its simplicity, many newbies prefer this as they say it makes programming a lot easier for them to understand compared to many other sites which contain lots of complicated jargon. As W3Schools does not go into a large amount of detail with its tutorials, beginners prefer this as it means they can learn things quickly. The site starts from the very basics and one can truly understand development tools and how they work. <ref name="good comments for w3 part 2">{{cite web|url=https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-w3schools-a-good-site-to-learn-from.1509199}}</ref> |
W3Schools is constantly being praised as a perfect site for beginners, especially with regards to the developments of [[HTML]] and use of [[CSS]]. Although W3Schools is criticised for its simplicity, many newbies prefer this as they say it makes programming a lot easier for them to understand compared to many other sites which contain lots of complicated jargon. As W3Schools does not go into a large amount of detail with its tutorials, beginners prefer this as it means they can learn things quickly. The site starts from the very basics and one can truly understand development tools and how they work. <ref name="good comments for w3 part 2">{{cite web|url=https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-w3schools-a-good-site-to-learn-from.1509199}}</ref> |
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Some of the features which W3schools is praised on are the ''‘try it’'' and ''‘example''' features. They allow the user to learn via experimentation. The user is able to tweak their code to see what works and what does not before implementing the code. Another feature, ''‘test code’'', enables the user to see instant results, which saves them plenty of time compared to having to load up a separate programme e.g. [[Visual Studio]]. |
Some of the features which W3schools is praised on are the ''‘try it’'' and ''‘example''' features. They allow the user to learn via experimentation. The user is able to tweak their code to see what works and what does not before implementing the code. Another feature, ''‘test code’'', enables the user to see instant results, which saves them plenty of time compared to having to load up a separate programme e.g. [[Visual Studio]]. <ref name="site jabber">{{cite web|url=http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.w3schools.com}}</ref> |
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==Statistics== |
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Type of site | Web Development Portal |
|---|---|
| Owner | Refsnes Data |
| Created by | Refsnes Data |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required for forum |
W3Schools is a web developer information website, with tutorials and references relating to web development topics such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, and JQuery.
The site derives its name from the abbreviation for the World Wide Web; W3 is a numeronym of WWW. W3Schools is not affiliated with the W3C.[1]
It is created and owned by Refsnes Data, a Norwegian family-owned software development and consulting company.[2]
The site provides a reference manual covering many aspects of web programming, including technologies such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, SQL etc.
W3schools presents thousands of code examples. By using the online editor provided, readers can edit the examples and execute the code experimentally.
Criticisms and Controversy
W3Fools
Positives
Despite the controversy and critic that W3Schools has faced, it's popularity remains large. The site is praised by many developers for a range of reasons; it contains a tutorial in almost every single web language and it is claimed that these tutorials and interactive and extremely easy for people to follow.[3] W3Schools is constantly being praised as a perfect site for beginners, especially with regards to the development of HTML and use of CSS. Although it is criticised for it's simplicity, many beginners prefer this as they say this makes programming a lot easier for them to understand, compared to other sites which contain lots of complicated jargon. [4]
Beginners
W3Schools is constantly being praised as a perfect site for beginners, especially with regards to the developments of HTML and use of CSS. Although W3Schools is criticised for its simplicity, many newbies prefer this as they say it makes programming a lot easier for them to understand compared to many other sites which contain lots of complicated jargon. As W3Schools does not go into a large amount of detail with its tutorials, beginners prefer this as it means they can learn things quickly. The site starts from the very basics and one can truly understand development tools and how they work. [5]
Some of the features which W3schools is praised on are the ‘try it’ and ‘example' features. They allow the user to learn via experimentation. The user is able to tweak their code to see what works and what does not before implementing the code. Another feature, ‘test code’, enables the user to see instant results, which saves them plenty of time compared to having to load up a separate programme e.g. Visual Studio. [6]
Statistics
- W3Schools has had over 35 million visits to the site every month [7]
- It is one of the larget web development sites on the internet [7]
- 1.5 billion pages read in the last year [7]
- Ranked 132nd most visited site on the Alexa Traffic Rank [8]
Demographics
| Country | Percentage of visitors |
|---|---|
| USA | 21.7% |
| India | 20.8% |
| UK | 4.1% |
| Germany | 2.9% |
| France | 2.7% |
Social Media
Competition
See also
References
- ^ Re: Problems with w3schools.org
- ^ Quotation: "Hege, Ståle and Jan Egil Refsnes". Source: "About Refsnes Data"—copies of the article at:
W3Schools(Web Archive) · HowPHP (WebCite). Last checked: 11 May 2010. - ^ http://jonkuperman.com/an-ode-to-w3schools/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-w3schools-a-good-site-to-learn-from.1509199/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/is-w3schools-a-good-site-to-learn-from.1509199.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.w3schools.com.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c http://www.w3schools.com/about/about_pagehits.asp.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/w3schools.com.
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External links
- W3Schools site - W3Schools homepage
- W3Schools forum - W3Schools forum on InvisionZone
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