Introduction to HTML and CSS

by mjhea0 • 12 years ago

59 19 12 years ago

This makes it sound so easy... browser bugs and idiosyncrasies still cling to web development like barnacles. Maybe one day when the old IEs and Firefoxes are dead, web development will become this. I hope it does, at least :)

robmcm• 12 years ago

I'm afraid this will always be the case. Any runtime or VM will have bugs, and the fact there are multiple instance in the world of web development only exacerbates this.

One day something new may come out, and the web will become a wasteland and web standards will stop being worked on. Then you may finally get a stable consistent target, but alas there will then be no point...

Bahamut• 12 years ago

You have to start somewhere - when beginning, there's no reason to worry about different browsers, you need to focus on the core concepts.

piyasde• 12 years ago

Good one for Start up developers as this is clean and the challenges in last of the Github Page are fair for them. Good to see that old html tags are not used.

grahamel2• 12 years ago

nice touch with the <br> <br/> either is fine

baby• 12 years ago

isn't <br /> part of XHTML and not HTML5?

grahamel2• 12 years ago

Actually looking into it seems that it is, and that example is wrong.

The spec examples only use <br> and call it a void element (one which can't have any content) but states only foreign elements can be self closing.

mjhea04• 12 years ago

technically, yes - but it can still be used. either is fine.

c23gooey• 12 years ago

i think this makes it confusing for the casual, first time learner.

timme• 12 years ago

- things like "first-paragraph" are better written as classes.

- things like odd-even should be implemented with pseudo selectors.

jumpwah• 12 years ago

"For this exercise, please download the cross-platform editor Sublime Text, which is an open-source editor designed for simplicity and ease of use.

Also, please make sure you have Google Chrome installed."

deevus• 12 years ago

Indeed. ST is neither open-source or free.

mjhea04• 12 years ago

Updated. Thanks to some kind PULL requests

danatkinson• 12 years ago

It's a shame that they're not producing valid HTML.

bluetidepro• 12 years ago

This is a great resource. Good work!

I recently was helping out a non-technical friend with basic HTML/CSS stuff (like this repo) and I had the best success with showing her http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/web. She had tried other resources but for her, Codecademy seemed to be the most hopeful and easy to use (AND FREE).

mjhea04• 12 years ago

Cheers!

eyusti• 12 years ago

Hi! This is Ellen from Thinkful. The author is one of our amazing mentors who does a number of free sessions where he walks through these types of guides. Check it out: http://www.thinkful.com/a/mentorship-preview. If you are just starting to learn to program we hope you join us!

mjhea04• 12 years ago

Yes, I present a basic tutorial like this every Wednesday. Then address any questions about the tutorial or programming in general. I'm a Python and front-end mentor and know Ruby as well. So if you're looking to learn how to code, contact me. Or visit http://thinkful.com.

Cheers!

Introduction to HTML and CSS

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