Thread: HTML editor for kids?

Quote: Originally Posted by Raffles Syntax highlighting is the most important feature that stops Notepad from being a useful HTML (etc.) editor, IMO. Find and replace with regular expressions and control of indentation would be next I think. Forgot about syntax highlighting... definitely a needed feature that I rarely think about... but always rely on.

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexDawson My personal recommendation if you want a book for them to read alongside learning would be Head First HTML and CSS (which has a lot of images, quirky doodles and interesting bits and pieces), it's actually well written though they probably didn't have kids in mind, I would certainly recommend it for such use. I think that is an excellent suggestion. Kids would probably enjoy that book even more...

I suggest against FrontPage, and anyone who's spent time coding will know why :P

if u wanna learn html , go to this site w3schools.com preferbly the best site..

Syntax highlighting is the most important feature that stops Notepad from being a useful HTML (etc.) editor, IMO. Find and replace with regular expressions and control of indentation would be next I think.

[quote=AlexDawson;4381792]I would agree with teaching them to hand code Toni, it makes better sense to avoid getting them into bad habits (which visual WYSIWYG editors tend to give). If you want to keep things simple in terms of software you could just get them started with Notepad, it's very sparse of functionality but it makes coding HTML and CSS as simple as typing text, theres plenty of good books which can introduce people to HTML...

Makem learn C++, PHP, or Javascript

there is a book called "Design For Teens" by Maneesh Sethi ... its a very cool resource i think they should read some of it first it include a very easy and crystal clear explaination about designing a webpage, XHTML and also CSS and then make them digg deep and open an editor , and my recommendation to you, if you are use PC , you can use an editor called "Easy Html Creator" its an easy editor..

Agreed. The Head First series is excellent for novices, both kids and adults.

I just found out about this site: http://scrunchup.com/about/ It's a site for young people. Not much there at the moment but definitely worth keeping an eye on!