> Sure, the information may be imprecise or just plain wrong, but we have to remember that this is for absolute beginners. Merely having errors does not make w3schools worthless, and a lack of errors does not make alternatives better.
By letting beginners learn most stuff the wrong way, you're not helping anyone, and you put them behind in knowledge that is actually usable and good practice.
> The material on W3Schools is split into bite-sized chunks, along with numerous examples, references, quizzes, try it yourself areas... None of the alternatives suggested are this well organized.
Well organized misinformation is still a bad resource.
Actually the modern GA way is using the async javascript the snippit for which goes before the </head> but hey W3Fools wasn't about being accurate... oh wait, it was.
By letting beginners learn most stuff the wrong way, you're not helping anyone, and you put them behind in knowledge that is actually usable and good practice.
> The material on W3Schools is split into bite-sized chunks, along with numerous examples, references, quizzes, try it yourself areas... None of the alternatives suggested are this well organized.
Well organized misinformation is still a bad resource.