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this sounds like, "knives are terrible tools because they can easily be used to kill tens of people"


What I really hate is the incentive structure that drives a lot of the bad behavior people associate with recruiters. At the heart of the matter, the incentive is economic, and LinkedIn's features are just a function of that.

However, that doesn't make me like it or want to use it.


What would be more "beginner" than that?


"As on [sic] overview, HTML is a hyper text markup language created to give content structure and meaning. CSS, also known as cascading style sheets, is a presentation language created to give content style and appearance."

"Elements are designators that define objects within a page, including structure and content. Some of the more popular elements include h1 through h6, p, a, div, span, strong, and em."

It's friendly to people who have prior experience, but I wouldn't give this to a fresh beginner. What's "content"? What about "objects"? I'd like a beginner's guide to introduce the reader by pointing out what each tag corresponds to on an actual web page so they can relate to it. It feels like a reference guide to HTML rather than an introduction.


It is both a reference guide and an introduction to HTML & CSS. This was built (initially) as a compliment to Shay's weekly lecture to the Code Academy.

Most of our students in Code Academy are "fresh beginners" and have been going through Shay's class for the past four weeks, and they have been improving greatly from the first day of class. They are currently learning web development, so they are definitely picking key concepts for Shay's class to help with their front-end learning.


I see your point. However, at that level CSS would be rather irrelevant it was my impression that the site meant to introduce CSS too. Anyway, not worth splitting hairs over this.


I wish I had this guide 4 years ago :(


I am the you four years ago I think, so I am luckier :)


That's already there ;) You can get any location in JSON, given the generated key: eg. http://geo.gy/LmZW/json


whoops, should've read the about us. I like it.


Indeed, that's on my todo list.


Thanks for the heads-up. Being based on HTML5, geo.gy is platform-independent


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