AUX-04 Pre-Class Assignments
HTML Primer
| HTML is an acronym for Hyper-Text Markup Language which constitutes a programming language for formatting and positioning text within and web page for display purposes. |
| A Primer is a lesson or document that provides the basic information of the subject matter that the primer covers. |
| A PDF (Portable Document File) is a file format created by Adobe Acrobat for the purposes of maintaining a document's printing layout as the document is passed from computer to computer. Different computers with different printers and versions of software will print the same document differently unless saved as a PDF. The PDF File will print exactly as the originator of the file intended on any printer. The file format has become the standard for the printing industry exchanging files from graphic artist to machine press. It has also become the standard for sending files and forms to others across the Internet. |
HTMLPrimer.com
Why not go to the source? The web domain, http://www.htmlprimer.com, is one of the most basic, least technical overviews of HTML. It is also a great source of other web specific information that is great to know if you build web pages.
HTML Goodies.com
A longer overview than the HTMLPrimer.com website and a little out of date, many of the HTML Tags presented are deprecated, but it is another great introduction. It is less technical than the NCSA web site, but more technical than the HTMLPrimer.com introduction.
Web Developer's Virtual Library
If you want to excel at Internet and web development, then you will visit the Web Developer's Virtual Library often and learn the tricks of the trade. While more technical than the others, the primer is fairly easy to follow. There are few things that you can do on the Internet that are not represented here and they go far beyond basic HTML.
World Wide Web Consortium
WARNING: This is by far the most technical HTML information and is not for the novice. The World Wide Web Consortium or W3C is the standards people. They approve and negotiate the standards that the Internet moves towards and eventually adopts so that everything works. Microsoft Internet Explorer does not completely follow the standards for web browser implementation outlined by W3C, but it is getting better. It is meant for programmers and software developers and not the average person. It is presented here only for informational purposes and curiosity seekers who wish to know where all this information originates.