Just curious, is there supposed to be a guide I’m following while I’m doing these steps? Seems kind of odd, I’m doing basic HTML, and then poof just move onto “figure”… or < ul > or < li >" without even really explaining what it is…
I feel like I’m missing something. I am using the W3 Schools site - when I don’t understand something.
Also, is there a way to be able to search FreeCodeCamp for their articles? I just see to do the coding training or go to forums.
Any other great sites to follow by chance?
I knew I should have done this 20+ years ago ughh!!
Well ul and li would still be considered basic html. It has been a while since I looked through the curriculum but from what I still see from challenge to challenge there is usually a description of how things work. You are doing what developers do on a normal basis though. If I dont understand or need to refresh myself on something during work then I will look it up. Every developer is going to look something up during the day. As far as other websites go, are you mainly looking for articles or maybe different challenges to learn this stuff?
There is no official answer guide for the new project based curriculum.
freeCodeCamp promotes the Read-Search-Ask method to learning.
The goal is to provide brief instructions for each step.
If users want to learn more, then they can come to the forum and ask questions or read through documentation like MDN docs.
This is supposed to help beginners develop habits that they will use on the job.
I have also written a couple of guides for freeCodeCamp to provide extra information behind the steps if that helps
Hey! Welcome to the freeCodeCamp’s community forums.
In my humble opinion, whenever you’re trying to learn something that has anything to do with programming and computer science, you need a healthy mix of theory as well as practice to make it stick.
Theory and facts would help you understand how and why things are working the way they do and the exercises will help you develop your problem solving skills.
FreeCodeCamp’s Responsive web development curriculum is a great way to practice and learn all the tools necessary to get really good at responsive and accessible web design.
here’s a link to that course. (Use this to practice)
But I would also encourage you to compliment this with MDN’s learn web development course which is mostly reading material and goes much more in depth.
here’s a link to mdn’s learn web dev course (use this for theory)
Other than reading the HTML specification itself, probably the best place to find information on HTML elements is the MDN HTML Elements Reference. But I will admit that it might be a little intimidating for beginners as it is definitely written for a more experienced audience. But I would at least give it a try. Eventually, if you stick with this stuff, you will come to rely on MDN all the time.
The search bar in the upper left hand corner of news is really helpful and will return hundreds of articles on the topics of HTML and CSS.
Within the past year alone, the freeCodeCamp author staff has been hard at work building out tons of beginner content to help campers with their programming journey.
Here are a few authors that have quite a few beginner friendly articles to their name
