Is W3Schools any good?

Question

So when I started learning coding (mainly web development) I used W3Schools as a reference guide for the various tags and all but recently I read on Stackoverflow that W3Schools isn't trustworthy.

Some even went on to say that everyone should steer clear off it and it must not be used.

But I found W3Schools a really good resource and even recommended others to use it.

So what do you guys think?

Answer 1

W3school (we called it "veganschool" in estonian language) is very good and spot on with info to get going. It is very good place also for checking info if you got stuck somewhere and need to remember stuff. But there is one big but - it is very basic with a lot of stuff. Have had moments where there have been missing info of some language options. Also had moments when i needed some tips like an example ,but there were only basic examples and those advanced examples, were also somewhat basic.
So,for starters and some easy fast crossreference,it is very good place. But once you get into some more advanced stuff,w3school will be limit with info and you will need to search elsewhere, like stackoverflow or even better,the language documentation itself.

Answer 2

Vatsal Sharma I personally think w3schools reliable and trustworthy uptil now ...

Answer 3

Yeah I also read some reddit threads about W3schools having unreliable informations but I use it in Python for different many keywords and examples.

I dont know about web dev but many recommend mdn instead of w3schools. But it still depends on you, if you're learning from it then learn it. Just to be safe and essential, use multiple resources.

Answer 4

If it helps you then use it. Who cares?

Answer 5

Ok thanks everyone 🙂
So in all -

1) its for beginners
2) at higher level it will eventually be a limiter
3) its good but one should still refer to multiple sources