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Introductory HTML and JavaScript

HTML & CSS - Jon Duckett

  • Chapter 1: Structure

    • HTML describes the struture of pages and uses elements to describe that structure

    • Tags act like containers. They tell you what the information is inbetween their tags

    • Tags come in pairs and are often referred to as elements

    • Attributes require both a name and value

  • Chapter 8: Extra Markup

    • Doctypes tell broswers what version of HTML you are using

    • You can add comments in your code between the '< !-- and -- >' markers

    • The id and class attributes allow you to identify partiular elements

    • The DIV and SPAN elements allow you to group block-level and inline elements together

  • Chapter 17: HTML5 Layout

    • HTML5 is introducing a new set of elements that help define the structure of a page

    • The new elements provide clearer code compared to using multiple DIV elements

  • Chapter 18: Process & Design

    • Every website should be designed for the target audience, not just yourself

    • You need to define why people are going to visit your website. Some might stumble upon it, but most will be visiting to find certain information

    • Good ways to start to organize your website is by using site maps and wireframes

JavaScript - Jon Duckett

  • Chapter 1: The ABC of Programming

    • Computers create models of the world using data

    • Programmers can write code to say, "When this event occurs, run that code"

    • Browsers use HTML markup to create a model of the web page

    • To make the webpage interactive, you write code that uses the browser's model of the web page

    • Web developers usually use three languages that are used to create web pages

      • HTML = Content layer

      • CSS = Presentation layer

      • JS = Behavior layer

    • It is best to keep JS cod ein its own JS file

    • The HTML SCRIPT element is used in HTML to tell the browser to load the JS file

Information taken from "HTML & CSS Design and Build Websites" and "Javascript & JQuery Interactive Front-End Web Development" by Jon Duckett