Web Basics : HTML

The
YEAR
IS

1989

TIM BERNERS-LEE

Hi, I'm a scientist.

So, I created the World Wide Web.

I needed an awesome way to share my science with the world...

THE INTERNET
VS
THE WEB

THE INTENET IS

CONNECTED COMPUTERS

THE WEB IS

CONNECTED DOCUMENTS

IRC, FTP, TCP, SMTP...

HTTP

TWO TECHNOLOGIES OF THE WEB

HTTP

A way of requesting an HTML document from a computer.

HTML

Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hypertext Markup Language

A plaintext publishing format.

We're Familiar with HTTP

HTML might still be a mystery

THINKING
IN
HTML

THIS ISN't FUN

 

HTML like this might have scared you off.

WRITING HTML IS LIKE FORMATTING A WORD DOCUMENT

  • Write your document
  • Wrap it in HTML tags
  • View in a browser

    This Is My Awesome Document

    Your can hardly believe how good my document be.

    I'm so happy to be writing The INTERNETS.

<h2>This Is My Awesome Document</h2>

<p> Your can hardly believe how good my document be.</p>

<p> I'm so happy to be writing The INTERNETS.</p>

This is My Awesome Document

Your can hardly believe how good my document be.

 

I'm so happy to be writing The INTERNETS.

Two TYPES OF TAGS

BLOCK

Block tags are 100% width

INLINE

Inline tags stack horizontal

<p> One Block Tag </p>
<p> Another Block Tag </p>

 One Block Tag

 Another Block Tag

<strong> bold text </strong>
<em> italicized text </em>

 bold text   italicized text

HTML
TAGS
ARE

CONFUSING

Title Text

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A
FEW
RULES

EVERYTHING GETS WRAPPED

<q> party like crazy </q>

Close TAGS IN ORDER

<p> I'm                          happy </p>
<strong> SOOOOO </strong>

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