A Complete Introduction to HTML

Introduction and tooling

Learn about the tools you need to be successful as a Web Developer today. What is the difference between a Text Editor and a Word Processor? A web app and a website? Can you make mobile apps with HTML? Find out in this series of posts and get started by outfitting your utility belt of web development with the right tools.

1.1 - Get an overview of why HTML is a great language to start your journey into programming and technology

1.2 - Install the right tools and software to convert your computer into a creative machine

1.3 - Learn to use Visual Studio Code - the most popular text editor for every programmer

Formatting Text

Words, words, words. Learn to format the foundational building blocks of communicating your message online. Add special characters to your text, format your text in different ways, and emphasize it in a way that search engines will understand.

2.1 - Get an introduction to how HTML is translated to the browser using the Document Object Model (DOM)

2.2 - Understand what makes HTML a structural markup language that is good at organizing information

2.3 - The two most popular tags for displaying text in HTML and their differences

Presentational Elements

Enhance your HTML writing with more ways of presenting information through tables, lists, and more advanced forms of structuring your content.

3.1 - Embed Audio, Video, and external content into your webpages with multimedia elements

3.2 - Format text content into a hierarchy with lists in HTML

3.3 - Finish ambitiously by creating a sudoku puzzle using tables in HTML