Welcome to the HTML Basics unit!

In the next few lessons, we'll be introducing you to HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

HTML is a documentation-based technology. The word documentation probably inspires a mental image of someone carrying heaps of papers, folders, files. But what is a document in the digital realm?

We'll start our exploration of HTML by thinking about files. Doing so will teach us essential HTML terms. Knowing these words helps us search better. It also helps us talk to mentors the way they expect.

We'll do a lab where you'll be guided in editing a simple HTML document. Don't try to memorize everything! We want to share the joy of being able to adjust HTML and see the result.

After that, we'll learn a core set of HTML features that will enable you to create simple HTML documents with less-explicit guidance. Around this time, you'll then begin tying these discoveries together and will start creating your first HTML documents.

In the lessons ahead some ideas are repeated. We're trying to make sure you get the hang of things. If you don't get "attributes" the first time you see them, maybe you will the second time. Some hands-on experience may have changed your comfort!

By the end of the unit you'll be ready to create big web pages. You'll be a fresh member into the world of HTML authors!