EP 62: Introduction to HTML

EP 62: Introduction to HTML

Author: Trevor Page: Java Guru | Programmer | Teacher October 29, 2014 Duration: 34:12

I'm so ridiculously excited to be introducing a whole new aspect of programming. Over the next few months I will be posting new articles on the topics of HTML, Javascript and jQuery. These are all technologies that you can use to create your very own interactive website. The really cool thing about building websites, is that you can leverage your existing knowledge of Java to create ever MORE powerful websites. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, for now we'll focus first on HTML, then we'll move into Javascript/jQuery. But enough big picture talk, let's get into our introduction to html shall we?

 

An Introduction to HTML…

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, and all this really means is that HTML is not a programming language, but rather just a set of rules for structuring your text. This means that if you type out certain words in a particular way, you can create a website! Piece of cake right? For the most part, YES, it is a piece of cake :)

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