HTML Basic

Course Overview:

In this meticulously structured program, participants will delve into the essentials of HTML, starting from the fundamental syntax and progressing through to the creation of complex structures. The curriculum encompasses a broad spectrum of topics including:

• HTML Basics: Understanding the structure and syntax.
• Working with Text: Paragraphs, headings, and text formatting.
• Hyperlinks: Linking to external sites and internal navigation.
• Multimedia: Embedding images, videos, and audio for a richer user experience.
• Lists and Tables: Organizing data effectively.
• Forms: Capturing user input for interactive web pages.
• Semantic HTML: Enhancing web accessibility and search engine optimization.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to:

• Craft well-structured HTML documents.
• Apply best practices in web development.
• Understand the role of HTML in the broader web ecosystem.
• Progress to more advanced web development topics with confidence.

All you need to learn HTML is a simple text editor.

In this chapter, we will present some fundamental HTML examples.

Don't be concerned if we utilize tags you haven't learned about yet.

An HTML element consists of an opening tag, content, and a closing tag.

HTML attributes provide additional information about HTML elements.

HTML headings serve as titles or subtitles on a web page that you wish to present.

A paragraph always starts on a new line, and is usually a block of text.

The style attribute in HTML is employed to apply various stylistic features to an element, including but not limited to color, font, and size.

HTML includes a variety of elements designed to give specific meanings to text.

HTML quotations are defined using the <q> tag for inline quotes and the <blockquote> tag for block-level quotes.

HTML comments are hidden from the browser view, yet they serve as useful annotations within your HTML code.

Colors in HTML can be defined using predefined names or through values in RGB, HEX, HSL, RGBA, and HSLA formats.

Links are a common feature on almost all webpages, enabling users to navigate by clicking from one page to another.

The color of an HTML link varies based on its state: whether it is unvisited, visited, or currently being clicked (active).

HTML links can be utilized to create anchors, enabling users to navigate directly to specified sections within a webpage.

In this section you will learn how to implement the images your HTML webpages.

Nearly every HTML element can have a background image applied to it.

The <picture> element in HTML is designed to enhance responsive web design by allowing the display of different images based on the device or screen size being used to view the content. This element works by containing multiple <source> elements, each specifying a different image source file along with a media condition (like screen width). The browser then selects and displays the most appropriate image according to the current device's characteristics, ensuring that users experience optimized loading times and image quality tailored to their viewing context. This approach provides a flexible solution for serving varied image content across a wide range of devices and screen resolutions.

A favicon is a tiny image shown alongside the page title within the browser tab.

Each webpage ought to feature a page title that encapsulates the essence of the page's content.

HTML tables enable web developers to organize data in rows and columns.

HTML tables can feature borders with varying styles and designs.

HTML table sizes refer to the dimensions, such as width and height, of tables within a web page layout.

HTML table headers, denoted by <th> tags, define cells in a table that contain descriptive labels or titles for columns or rows.

HTML table padding controls the space between the cell content and the cell borders, while spacing controls the space between table cells.

HTML tables can include cells that extend across multiple rows and/or columns.

Utilize CSS to enhance the appearance of your tables.

The <colgroup> element is utilized for styling particular columns within a table.

HTML lists enable web developers to organize a collection of interconnected items into list structures.

The HTML <ul> tag specifies an unsorted (bulleted) list.

The HTML <ol> tag denotes an ordered list. Such a list can feature numerical or alphabetical ordering.

HTML also offers support for definition lists.

Each HTML element inherently possesses a default display value, which varies based on the type of element it is.The two predominant display values are block and inline.

The <div> element serves as a wrapper for additional HTML elements.

The HTML class attribute is employed to designate a class for an HTML element.

Multiple HTML elements can possess the same class.

The HTML id attribute is employed to designate a unique identifier for an HTML element. It's not permissible to have multiple elements sharing the same id within an HTML document.

An HTML iframe is utilized to embed a webpage within another webpage.

HTML is the structure and content of a webpage, while JavaScript adds interactivity and dynamic behavior to it.

A file path delineates the position of a file within a website's directory structure.

The HTML <head> element serves as a container for the following elements: <title>, <style>, <meta>, <link>, <script>, and <base>.

Websites frequently present content in multiple columns, akin to a magazine or newspaper layout.

Responsive web design aims to ensure that web pages appear visually appealing across all devices!

HTML encompasses various elements for specifying user input and computer code.

Semantic elements are HTML elements that carry inherent meaning or convey a specific purpose within the structure of a web page.

Ensuring your HTML code is consistent, clean, and tidy enhances readability and comprehension for others. Here are some guidelines and tips to help you craft quality HTML code.

In HTML, reserved characters necessitate substitution with entities:

< (less than) = &lt; > (greather than) = &gt; rephrase

Entities can be utilized in HTML to incorporate symbols or letters that are absent on your keyboard.

Emojis are characters within the UTF-8 character set.😄 😍 💗

For proper rendering of an HTML page, a web browser needs to be informed of the appropriate character set to utilize.

A URL serves as an alternate term for a web address.

XHTML is a more rigorous and XML-centric rendition of HTML.

An HTML form facilitates the gathering of user input.

This chapter explains the various attributes of the HTML <form> element.

This chapter outlines the various HTML form elements.

This chapter explains the various variants available for the HTML <input> element.

This chapter details various attributes for the HTML <input> element.

This chapter delineates the various attributes related to the form* functionality within the HTML <input> element.

The <canvas> HTML element is utilized for rendering graphics on a web page.

HTML SVG Graphics is a markup language for creating scalable vector graphics that can be embedded in web pages and manipulated with CSS and JavaScript.

Multimedia on the web includes sound, music, videos, movies, and animations.

The HTML <video> element is utilized to display video content directly on a web page.

The HTML <audio> element is utilized to embed and play audio files directly on a web page.

HTML Plug-ins are external applications or software components integrated into web pages to extend functionality beyond standard HTML capabilities.

HTML YouTube refers to the use of HTML and JavaScript to embed YouTube videos into web pages, allowing playback and interaction directly within the browser.

HTML Geolocation API allows web applications to retrieve the geographical location information of a user's device.

HTML Drag and Drop refers to the built-in functionality in HTML5 that allows users to drag elements and drop them onto designated areas within a web page, facilitating interactive and intuitive user experiences.

HTML Web Storage refers to a mechanism that allows web applications to store data locally within the user's browser, persisting even after the browser is closed.

HTML Web Workers enable running scripts in the background, allowing concurrent execution separate from the main page, enhancing web application performance.

HTML Server-Sent Events (SSE) enable a persistent connection between a web browser and a server for receiving updates in real-time.