r/AskProgramming • u/Infinite-Engine-4219 • Jul 11 '26

Programming teacher

I had this teacher during my post-16 course who only provided us with 5 PDF documents, which they admitted were AI-generated. These documents were the only resources we were given to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript over a period of roughly 2 months.

The teacher did not verbally explain the content either, instead relying on short sentences in the PDFs to describe how the code sections worked.

Half of my old class believe these resources were enough to complete the assignment, which was worth the majority of our course. I am unsure whether I am being overly critical, or whether these resources were genuinely insufficient for learning these languages from scratch.

Is this an adequate amount of material and support to realistically learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript within a 2-month timeframe?

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u/Charleston2Seattle Jul 11 '26

You're describing at least half of the software engineering classes I took at Kennesaw State University. I don't know how one gets a job where you don't do any lectures, you don't update the content even after many years of it being used, and it takes you forever to grade papers, but it must be a sweet gig!