HTML Essential Training

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HTML is the programming language that powers the web. And like any language, once you master it, you can begin to create your own content, whether that's simple websites or complex web applications. This course provides an in-depth look at the essentials: the syntax of HTML and best practices for writing and editing your code. Senior staff author James Williamson reviews the structure of a typical HTML document, and shows how to section pages and format your content with HTML. Plus, learn how to create links and lists, and find out how HTML works with CSS and JavaScript to create rich, engaging user experiences. So open a text editor, watch these videos, and begin learning to author HTML the right way.

Topics include:

Why is HTML important?
Exploring an HTML document
Formatting content
Displaying images
Using nav, article, and div elements
Linking to pages and downloadable content
Creating lists
Controlling styling (fonts, colors, and more)
Writing basic scripts

- Hi, I'm James Williamson, Senior Author at lynda.com, and I want to welcome you to HTML Essential Training. In this course, you'll take an in-depth look at HTML, and learn its syntax and semantics, all while focusing on some of the best practices to use when writing and editing HTML. We'll start by exploring what HTML is, and examining its basic syntax. Next, we'll move on to exploring basic document structure, how to properly section pages, and how to use HTML to format page content. After that, we'll explore how to proper create links and lists.

Finally, we'll examine how HTML works together with CSS and JavaScript to create finished websites, and discuss what your next step should be as you continue to learn HTML. If you're somewhat intimidated by learning HTML, don't be. I can't wait to show you how easy is is to begin writing HTML and how quickly that you're going to be authoring and editing your own HTML pages. If that sounds great to you, then let's get started.