Okay here we go! So today was easier than I had anticipated. Actually, I thought I was going to get really really really lost. So today I learned what the HTML stands for = Hypertext Markup Language. I learned that it is a language just like any other and that it has its own special syntax. I learned Hypertext means "text with links in it" and that markup language is a programming language used to make text do more than just sit on a page: it can turn text into images, links, tables, lists, and apparently much more. The course had a very good analogy of thinking of HTML as the bones of a website and that it's made pretty with another programming language called CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). If HTML was the bones then CSS was the skin and makeup.
Once I had learned some of the basic meanings of the above mentioned, I began to actually learn the language starting with what tags are. I learned that there is an opening and closing tag, that they always come in pairs and that whenever you open one you should always close it. I learned that tags come between these < > and that a closing tag looks like this </ >. I also learned that tags can nest within each other and that the last opened tag should be the first closed.
I learned that an HTML document has a head and a body just like I do and that the title always goes in the <head><title>This is found in the tab of the browser</title></head>. It took me a little while to figure this out.
The next thing I learned was that when we put content between the tags the entire bit is called an element.
I also learned that the body tag comes after the head, duh! That should have been a no brainer. I finally realized that the content in the body is what becomes visible on the actual page.
Day 1 was about learning a lot about the meaning of things, as apposed to actually learning anything in regards to programming.
I'm excited, I've learned a lot today. I'm thinking I might actually make it in my new endeavor and conquer my demons from HTML past. Really enjoying my new found knowledge.
Have a great day!
