The CSS book that I’m currently reading is 350 pages. I’m currently on 230, having gone through 100 on Saturday…and the other 130 in the 2 weeks before -_-; I can accomplish so much in one night if I focus! :S

As I close in on the final 120 pages, which I hope to finish very soon, I’m wondering what to study next?

I decided that for my EPIC SITE, I may as well do it in ASP.NET 3.5/4 AND HTML 5 (not XHTML 1.0).

While the ASP.NET code would compile and render to XHTML 1.0, would that be HTML5 valid? I mean, if I built my site in HTML5, I would like it…y’know, in all HTML5, not HTML5 + ASP.NET compiled XHTML1.0/HTML 4.01.

I really like the look of <br />….<br > just looks wrong to me. It’s how I used to develop…but gave that up to be XHTML valid. Now, <br> is valid again in HTML5 so why do <br />? <br> is 2 characters smaller as well as just as easy to read as <br />

I really (and I wouldn’t be surprised if you thought this too) have a bad habit of procrastinating my ASP.NET learning. Like, did I really need to read a CSS book before ASP.NET? Should I really be reading a HTML5 book before studying a multiple-year resolve of studying ASP.NET?

I’m trying to learn both for my EPIC SITE but I imagine that the learning curve for ASP.NET is much higher than HTML5, with the exception of the canvas tag, which seems very daunting. Like learning ActionScript….bleh.

There’s so much to learn! Not that I’m under a strict time limit, everything is self-imposed…but it seems like if you don’t study frequently, it’s so easy to fall behind in technology. I’m already behind with my current skills…but at least I’m attempting to catch up. That’s leaps and bounds better than the progress from my recent, WoW years.