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If you’re like me, you’re interested in the web & its overwhelming reach, but you’re also inundated with the mess of information that is learning HTML and CSS. The thing is, these languages are unlike other domains, lượt thích Word Processors & Programming Languages. The website is another world, & it’s not the prettiest thing around.
Having learned me some web, I’m here lớn give a gentle push of encouragement, because, with a little guidance, these domains can be a lot easier than you imagine. Continue reading, & we’ll build a beautiful blog from scratch. We’ll also learn some CSS Grid, Flexbox, and Responsive Design.
The goal is to vày for you that which I have done for myself; learn HTML và CSS from first-principles.
So where does HTML come from?
HTML is a descendent of the first meta or markup language: GML. Millennial readers are now working out that GML stands for Generalized Markup Language, but that’s not all it stands for. It was Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher, và Raymond Lorie who created what we now know as a meta or markup language at IBM. & in 1996, Charles Goldfarb wrote:
“I gave GML its present name so that our initials would always prove where it had originated. One of the ugly truths of giải pháp công nghệ transfer is that developers tend to be grateful for research work when first received, & virtually oblivious to lớn it by the end of a lengthy development cycle…”— Charles Goldfarb, in 1996GML later became Standardized, thus becoming SGML. Then, Tim Berners-Lee who worked at CERN borrowed the ML from SGML (no, not machine learning, or whatever the hipsters điện thoại tư vấn it) lớn create HTML, where HT stands for HyperText.
Whoa, cool word. Và as I understand, it has roots from an interactive authoring environment called HyperCard, from Bill Atkinson who worked at Apple. For a deeper exploration, I submit the following videos:
So—let’s recap. HTML didn’t just take over the world. In fact, there was a whole world before HTML. WUT? I know, I’m trembling in shock—but I hadn’t been born—so, there kind of wasn’t a world.
And, HTML owes a lot khổng lồ its predecessors. As do we all khổng lồ our parents. Nonetheless, it’s how we make code from text. Now, in four one-minute lessons, I’ll teach the basics of HTML, CSS, and Responsive Design.
