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Scott & Jans: An Intro
Scott. Jans. Lovecraft. An outline. Mobility.
Web Development: The Absolute Basics
History. Browsers. Rendering engines. Simple webpages. Elements, attributes, & values. DTDs. Character encoding. Simple webpages, corrected. Comments. Editing tools. Templates.
HTML Overview: Elements, Attributes, Entities
Categorizing HTML elements. Basic document structure. Metadata. Global attributes. Lines & paragraphs. Outlines & sections. Grouping. CSS hooks. Lists. Quotations. Text semantics. Text formatting. Links. Multimedia. Tables. Forms. Frames. Scripting. Foreign characters. Obnoxious & obsolete. Character entities. IE, bringing up the rear.
Markdown: My Dirty Little Web Development Secret
Background. Basic syntax. Process. Forks. Tests. Software. Integrating Markdown.
CSS Overview: Selectors, Integration, Inheritance, Cascading
History. Why CSS? Basic Selectors. Universal. Type. Class. ID. Grouping. Descendant Combinator. Formatting. <span> & <div>. Integrating CSS. Inheritance. Importance. Specificity. Order. The Cascade. Tools.
CSS Typography: Fonts & Formatting
Types. Measure. Leading. Scale. Operating system defaults. Web browser defaults. Core Fonts for the Web. ClearType Font Collection. Font properties. Font stacks. Text properties. Line box properties. Multi-column layout. Generated content. Font formats. @font-face. Licensing.
Tables & Lists: Organized Data
Basic tables. Defining sets of rows. Table title. Styling tables. Columns. Sortable columns. Creating tables the easy way. Styling lists.
Forms
Daily use. How forms work. Labels, fields, & controls. Form attributes. Form containers. Text controls. Choice controls. File select controls. Submission controls. Accessibility. Tips & caveats.