HTML Intro

When I was in high school, I took Web Authoring. Despite HTML being very meticulous, it was something I really enjoyed. I tend to be a little all over the place, so something like HTML was something I never thought I would like. In college, I got a second chance at taking a similar course in HTML. I really, really loved it. When I was bored at home, I would open notepad and start creating very basic sites. It was fun to create a webpage and have so much control over it. 

It has been a few years since I played around with HTML, so this exercise was very helpful. As mentioned in the assignment, there is definitely something helpful about writing the code our yourself. I forgot how easy it is to make mistakes. Finding one carrot to close or a quotation mark you missed can make you go insane. When I first learned to code we only used notepad. The new text editors that are out really help with missing a close carrot or quotation. My eyes definitely appreciate the help. 

This exercise also helped me discover a lot of new tags and codes. I found myself Googling different topics and how to put them in HTML. I think it may be good to invest in a book with codes because there are so many to remember. It is like learning a foreign language.

A few months ago, I purchased an "Adobe Know-How" course here. I started watching the videos during my lunch break and after work. It has helped me learn a lot. Several things have changed since I was in high school ten years ago, so these videos were a good refresher. The series goes through HTML 4.01, XML, and HTML5. I didn't realize a lot of tags such as <b> had changed to <strong> (although I think both can be used?). If you are ever interested in purchasing the videos, they do a lot of holiday specials and it is very cheap. I definitely recommend these tutorials. 

Although it is the easiest site to find on Google, I really like the W3Schools page. It has all the codes in the world that you could need: http://www.w3schools.com/