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

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