HTML 1

The class was about how to write basic code that can be seen in an internet browser. The code we wrote was inside of the notepad program that is commonly found on most computers in the accessories folder. The first idea the instructor said was important was nesting of code. This allows the user to write code in a simple format that is easy to read and go back to to make changes and add on.
The start of every page should include a DOCTYPE! in brackets at the top to let the browser know it is a document. From there it's helpful to let the browser know it is html also in the same bracket as the DOCTYPE!. An important part of creating pages is tags, which is pretty much everything that we did in the class. Important tags are the header tag and the body tag. Inside the body is where most of the other tags are put. Each tag starts out with a and ends with a . We learned about tags that break lines, end paragraphs, and add a horizontal line.
After this we learned to stylize the code. This is inputting code that will change the text, color, justification, etc. We also learned how to add lists, and add pictures in the code. We then talked about hyperlinking, and also how to hyperlink a picture.
This was all very useful, because before this class I had no idea what any of the tags meant in the code that I would look at in the websites we were making. Now it is nice to look at the code and understand what you need to do to simply add something to the webpage. There are a few things you need to know about adding tags, and after knowing them, you can easily modify webpages. I feel this will be helpful in the final project when the time comes to add a line of text or add a picture, because it seems like it will be much easier to just go to the code and add it in where I would like it to show up on my webpage.