What I learned about HTML deep dive Lecture!

In basic class on HTML and CSS, you probably learned that HTML is a pretty simple language. It has tags and the tags sometimes have attributes. Some of the tags create new blocks on the browser window, like <p> and <h1>, and some tags are inline elements, like <strong>. Some tags have closing tags like <p></p> and some are self closing, like <br>. That is about it to the language right?

Well, not exactly. Those are the basics and really all you need to know to get started with HTML, but there is a lot to the language that is interesting and that not everyone knows. This is a great opportunity to go deeper and know more about it.

Watch the videos below to get deeper into it, and take notes as you go along. You might want to refer to some of these resources again later. Also, the examples mentioned in the video are linked below the video, so you might want to get those and work with them, as you watch the videos.

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Why did I start learning HTML/CSS?

I wanted to make this post as an introduction to where I started learning HTML and CSS properties. I know most of us had made given a brief background into their HTML and CSS history in their discussion posts, but I thought it would be great if everyone replied to this post with a more in-depth look into your stories and why you decided to continue to learn this subject.

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1st writing in Learning Journal

Hello everyone! I am excited for this class. It seems like this may be a pretty intense course. I am hopeful with all the peer support and communication, especially our working partners, I am able to learn a lot and stay on top of assignments. Especially now that my wedding is over and I can focus more on the course.

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What I did over Summer to prepare for this AAD86 class

A curious email dropped into my inbox “How I learned to code in six months,” by Meaghan Jones. I read it and then joined a program called One Month. One Month HTML is a four-week course that intends to show how to build your first website, learning HTML, CSS, FTP, SEO, Responsive Web Design, Blogs and other things. This isn’t a pitch for them. They dropped me into a course on Ruby. Really?! I am a fledgling, but I thought, let’s try it. 

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