# Starting out in CSS **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764 "2016-03-10T09:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/leon/32/2941_2.png) [@Leon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Leon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/1 "2016-03-10T09:53:08Z")
Hey Community So, I am a designer, through and through. Imagery and shaping, concepts and art. As I experiment more and more with RW, I find myself wanting to take more control behind the scenes. **Here’s my question,** where and what is the best online course/guided source for starting out with HTML/CSS coding? I have had such excellent help here on these forums with people able to reel off segments of code to fix issues, and this really is something I would love to learn to do for myself/help others with. For any of your thoughts and ideas, thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![willwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@willwood](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/willwood)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/2 "2016-03-10T10:13:30Z")
CodeAcademy have an excellent free course on HTML and CSS which is fun and easy to follow, and some more general courses on creating websites: > **[Learn to code - for free | Codecademy](https://www.codecademy.com/)** > > Learn the technical skills you need for the job you want. As leaders in online education and learning to code, we’ve taught over 45 million people using a tested curriculum and an interactive learning environment. Start with HTML, CSS, JavaScript,... W3Schools is also a good online learning resource: [http://www.w3schools.com/](http://www.w3schools.com/) Good to see someone else wanting to experiment and learn HTML/CSS. 👏 ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/3 "2016-03-10T12:08:33Z")
I know this is not an online source, but it is **still** a good resource to have. It is a great book: > **[HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites](https://www.amazon.com/HTML-CSS-Design-Build-Websites/dp/1118008189)** > > 4.7 out of 5 stars, > ISBN: 978-1118008188, > John Wiley & Sons, > November 8, 2011, > $21.44 I would suggest this to everyone who builds websites. ---
**Author:** ![kryten](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kryten/32/5313_2.png) [@kryten](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/kryten)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/4 "2016-03-10T12:49:44Z")
+1 Fantastic book. Its big brother on Javascript and jQuery is excellent too. ---
**Author:** ![ElliotEKJ](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/elliotekj/32/3705_2.png) [@ElliotEKJ](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ElliotEKJ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/5 "2016-03-10T13:48:16Z")
Hey @Leon, Both of the suggestions you’ve had so far are great. If you decide Code Academy isn’t for you, good alternatives include [Code School](https://www.codeschool.com/) and [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-css). My hands-down favourite teacher of web-stuff is Jeffrey Way. His course on tuts+ is old now but a lot of the info will still be very relevant. I believe it’s free if you create an account on the network too: [http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/courses/30-days-to-learn-html-css](http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/courses/30-days-to-learn-html-css). From there you could check out his similarly structured Javascript course: [http://code.tutsplus.com/courses/30-days-to-learn-jquery](http://code.tutsplus.com/courses/30-days-to-learn-jquery). If you want to go more in depth, the ABA books are great too. I’d suggest checking out [ HTML5 for web designers](https://abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers), [CSS3 for web designers](https://abookapart.com/products/css3-for-web-designers), [Responsive Web Design](https://abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design) and [SASS for web designers](https://abookapart.com/products/sass-for-web-designers) in that order. Hopefully that isn’t over-facing. Once you get stuck in this stuff is a _lot_ of fun. Good luck, —E ---
**Author:** ![Elixir](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/elixir/32/25498_2.png) [@Elixir](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Elixir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/6 "2016-03-10T16:16:18Z")
Here’s a fun, free, quick course for getting started: [https://codyhouse.co/free-course/learn-html-and-css/](https://codyhouse.co/free-course/learn-html-and-css/) ---
**Author:** ![Leon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/leon/32/2941_2.png) [@Leon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Leon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/starting-out-in-css/5764/7 "2016-03-10T17:02:25Z")
Excellent, thanks as well to the other suggestions. All good places to start. 🙂 Looks like I have a reading list to get in order, I am looking forward to it.