I've never understood the hate for w3schools. No, it's not MDN, but it's not offensively bad either, and it's been a helpful reference from time to time. If w3schools comes up first in a search, I trust that it probably has the answer to whatever very simple question I must have asked, unlike something like Pinterest, which will just be spam no matter what.
It's more a historical thing. Over a decade ago they were always on top, with often wrong/misleading/bad practice/insecure/simplified stuff. And lots of people thought of them as some kinde official entity because of their name similarity with W3C / w3.org
It's much better now, though. But for lots of old school frontenders the reputation stuck.
I still prefer MDN. I trust it to have up to date information. It was always very good and it has also improved, including the interactive examples.
I loved their Try it Online!
w3 usually just gives me the answer i need to get shit done asap.
mdn is a technical reference. useful. but irritating when you just need a quick explanation.
w3schools = :/
mdn = :O
Given the choice I’d probably block w3schools just so I save those couple seconds a month when I click back and in to MDN.
They provide real examples for real-world uses right on the page.
Same. It's been my go to reference for SQL these days. Unless there's some alternative that I've missed out on
In your opinion. W3fools only pulled an “it’s ok now bro, don’t sue us” update. Anytime I give it a go, I’m still presented with inaccurate and harmfully incomplete results.
Want to learn from a “for dummies” website? Be my guest. But my hate is fully justified.