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HTML Makes the Web Work
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Every technical person should know the basics of the World Wide Web, and this set of courses covers the undeniable essentials: HTML, the universal language of the Web; CSS & Layout, which covers front-end styling by building a simple but industrial-strength website; and JavaScript, a programming language that allows you to build rich interactions for users.
The language of the Web
The basic building blocks of every site
HyperText Markup Language, or HTML for short, is the universal language of the World Wide Web. Every time you visit a website, the site’s web server sends HTML to your browser, which then renders it as the web page you see on your screen. Because this process is universal, anyone who works with web technologies—which these days means virtually all developers, designers, and even many managers—can benefit from knowing the basics of what HTML is and how it works. Learn Enough HTML to Be Dangerous is designed to give you this foundation in basic HTML.
Appropriately enough, there are lots of HTML tutorials on the Web, but most of them use toy examples, focusing on HTML syntax in isolation, without showing how HTML is written and deployed in real life. In contrast, Learn Enough HTML to Be Dangerous not only shows you how to make real HTML pages, it shows you how to deploy an actual site to the live Web. If you have previously attempted or completed an HTML tutorial, it’s likely that Learn Enough HTML to Be Dangerous will help you “put everything together” in a way you haven’t seen before.
At the same time, there are many HTML books on the market that are substantially too long for what is, at its core, a simple subject. You don’t need to master 500 pages of material to be highly productive with HTML—you just have to learn enough to be dangerous.
HTML basics
Going straight to the web
Learn Enough HTML to Be Dangerous focuses on core HTML skills, starting with a “hello, world!” page that you’ll deploy to production (!) in the very first chapter. This is the kind of thing you’ll almost never find in other HTML tutorials, but actually shipping your work is a crucially important skill.
Adding more elements
All text sites are a little boring
Next, you’ll then fill in the main page of your site with formatted text, links, and images. Then you’ll expand your project into a multiple-page site with more advanced features like tables and lists. The result is a tremendous amount of power and flexibility in how you present information on the Web.
Simple styling
Basic site appearance editing
Finally, you’ll add some inline styling to your site, which will allow you to see the effect of simple style rules on plain HTML elements. Along the way, you’ll run into several important limitations imposed by working with raw HTML, which sets the stage for the next Learn Enough tutorial, Learn Enough CSS & Layout to Be Dangerous.
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About the HTML Tutorial
The tutorial is very well written, easy to follow and enjoyable. One thing I especially like is the way you not only learn the basics of the subject (HTML in this case) but also get a flavour of how to actually think about and begin a project developing a website. It also builds on ideas and processes for collaborating on such projects with other people.
— Brian
I’ve done quite a few tutorials about HTML and I found this one to be the easiest to follow while giving me the most sophisticated understanding of the important points in HTML. It was also great practice for my Git skills, as it builds on the previous Learn Enough Git tutorial. I wouldn’t really recommend any other place to start off from than this Learn Enough series.
— Satisfied Reader
Very happy with this new tutorial by Michael Hartl. It follows the same structure as the rest of his tutorials. Having done quite a lot of HTML and other related coding tutorials online myself, I find them to be the best so far. They offer a truly immersive experience and explain everything A to Z, from getting started to everything you need to know to have whatever you are building up and running.
— Pere C.
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Hi, my name is Philip, and I’m a beginning learner of web development. I’ve dabbled in small ways in Ruby/Rails for about a year and a half. Occasionally, I write ruby scripts to solve problems at my job. I also dabble in learning: JavaScript, Ember, more Ruby/Rails, brief intro readings into Scala.
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Ruby on Rails Tutorial (Rails 5) is undoubtedly, the most effective and educational resource I’ve ever come across when it comes to learning anything about web development or writing any code on any level.
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Almost all tutorials make this mistake. The first couple “lessons” are good for people who don’t even have a clue what computer programming is and then suddenly, there’s a big jump to what seem to be concepts that only seasoned developers have mastered.
Thanks for such a great, educational guide in Ruby on Rails.
— Philip
About the Authors
Michael Hartl
Michael Hartl is the creator of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, one of the leading introductions to web development, and is cofounder and principal author at Learn Enough. Previously, he was a physics instructor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a graduate of Harvard College, has a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, and is an alumnus of the Y Combinator entrepreneur program.
Lee Donahoe
Learn Enough cofounder Lee Donahoe is an entrepreneur, designer, and front-end developer. In addition to doing the design for Learn Enough, Softcover, and the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, he is also a cofounder and front-end developer for Coveralls.io, a leading test coverage analysis service, and is tech cofounder of Buck Mason, a men’s clothing company once featured on ABC’s Shark Tank. Lee is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he majored in Economics and studied Interactive Multimedia & Technologies.
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