The web is a relatively unexplored medium.

That's why the best web professionals are fueled

by endless curiosity and a passion for learning.

They also understand that they can't work alone,

and need a network of resources to draw upon.

We're going to look at a few places to learn new things

about the web and see how to become more involved with the industry.

If you miss a link, don't worry.

All the links we discuss are

included in the notes with this video.

You're already using Treehouse to learn new things so, the first place

to learn more might be the next course that you're interested in.

In these lessons, we built what's called a static

website with a simple HTML and CSS front end.

Because there's no database and no back

end programming code running on the server.

If you want to make more advanced things like contact forms, social networks,

e-commerce stores, and more you will want to learn how to make dynamic

sites using back end programming languages like Ruby or PHP.

Since you're taking this course it's very likely that you're on a treehouse track.

After you finish that track you may want to

continue on to Ruby on Rails development or, PHP

development to learn about back end languages and databases.

If you get stuck or have a question about a lesson, a project you're working on, or

if you just have a general inquiry, the Treehouse Forum is a great place to look.

There, you'll find a vibrant community

of students, web professionals and Treehouse teachers and staff that

can help you on your journey. Beyond Treehouse, there are

many other resources around the web that you may find useful.

Another place to learn is actually the World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C.

The W3C is an organization comprised of companies and

individuals that sets the standards for HTML, CSS and many other web technologies.

If you need to reference extremely detailed and official information

about an HTML element or a CSS property, just head over

to your favorite search engine and type in w3c followed

by the element or property that you'd like to know about.

Lets try w3c paragraph, and here I have

several links that can help me learn about paragraphs.

And here on the W3C's site, I can

learn about the P element, or the paragraph element.

Most of these documents can be highly technical in

nature, so it can be a bit intimidating at first.

That's exactly why we've broken down a lot of these lessons on treehouse.

I'd actually like to take a step back here and point out

the way that i just used to search engine to look something up.

You may find yourself forgetting some of the information you learned.

And, that's perfectly normal, because it takes a lot

of practice to keep it all in your head.

Even the most experienced web professionals will use a search engine

just like I did, to look up elements and properties

or just look for solutions to problems they might be having.

As you become more familiar with webdesign and development, you may

also want to keep up with the latest through webdesign blogs.

The treehouse blog available at blog.teamtreehouse.com is one such place.

Where you can find lots of articles

about webdesign, development, business and other topics that we teach.

Another one of my favorite blogs is CSS Tricks, run by Chris Coyier.

As the title implies, this blog focuses on CSS

specifically, and shows you lots of nifty techniques and tips.

There are lots of blogs like these ones, so try searching for

topics you're interested in and see what blogs come up.

Another great resource is Twitter.

If you're not already on Twitter, you may want to get started there.

Twitter is a social networking site where you

can share short 140-character updates with your followers.

You can also follow other people that are interesting to you.

The web community has a large presence

on twitter and there are many important figures

that have made great contributions to the industry.

In fact, I have made a list called Web Community, which

you can find a link to and the notes for this video.

By following some of these people you can gain insight into the latest web trends,

how web designers and developers think and

generally just keep a pulse on the community.

Twitter is a good

place to build a following and post links to your

latest designs, websites, and tips that you've learned along the way.

It's a great way to get involved with a community.

There are other places where you can post your work as

well which will help give you more visibility, credibility and experience.

These are all helpful things if you're looking for a job or new clients.

You can share your

code on sites like GitHub.

Or Codepen.

You can also share your design work on sites like Dribble.

If you have any interesting links or screenshots that you've

posted elsewhere, be sure to share them in the treehouse forum.

That way you can get advice or

feedback from fellow students and tree house teachers.

Even the smartest people on the web community still have an

endless supply of new things that they should learn a bout.

So don't ever feel discourage if you come across something you didn't know about.

As you've probably figured out by now, the more you learn,

the more you'll realize how much you still have to learn.

The best way to live in this industry is to

be nice to people, share your knowledge, and never stop learning.