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Add to SafariWhen comparing W3Schools vs Liquid, the Slant community recommends W3Schools for most people. In the question“What are the best resources to learn XML?” W3Schools is ranked 1st while Liquid is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose W3Schools is:
All the tutorials are written in a straightforward and easy to understand way.
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Pros
Pro Easy to learn
All the tutorials are written in a straightforward and easy to understand way.
Pro Built in editor
Almost every example has a "try it yourself" button which opens up an editor in a new tab. It allows you to play with the example code and see how it works.
Pro Well organized tutorials
All of the lessons are separated into their own pages, which makes it easy to learn about specific concepts.
Pro Great source from Google search's perspective
Pro Clear distinction between presentation and application
Liquid allows developers to create a clear distinction between the presentation and application layer.
Pro Secure
Liquid templates are secure out of the box. They can be used for applications where users can edit the appearance without allowing them to run any server-side code. Liquid does just that without any needed configuration.
Cons
Con Outdated practices / problem solutions
The practices that are shown to solve the problems at hand are rarely, if at all, updated. Usually, their tutorials and learning material is updated only after they see their profits drop.
Con Doesn't care about teaching right
There are multiple errors in the data they show. Although the solutions they show work, they will lead to unmaintainable code. That happens even when the maintainable code alternatives are as easy or accessible to new programmers as the alternatives.
Con Certifications not recognized
Many professionals in IT agree that w3s certifications are not recognized by them and are deemed useless. Good luck finding any respectable professional that accepts a w3s certification.
Con It is for profit
What defines what goes is and what gets fixed on w3schools is what gives them profit and what doesn't (through their ads system).
Con Written tutorials only
While many learning resources offer a mixture of media in their courses (such as videos, challenges etc.), w3schools offers only written tutorials and code editors. This makes w3schools more beneficial as a quick reference rather than a primary learning resource.
Con Boolean algebra has some issues
Liquid has some known issues with boolean algebra when it comes to some advanced expressions.
Liquid::Template.parse("{% if false and false or true %} foo {% endif %}").render
# => ""
false and false or true
# => trueIt seems that Liquid simply parses from left to right, and if it finds a false and X it immediately returns false.
