Day 78 of writing every day.
I’m going to focus on my reflections on the programming lessons I’ve been taking to help solidify the knowledge I have to cram in over the weekends. This isn’t meant to be a way for readers to learn to code, but more like seeing what it’s like to follow someone as they learn to code and more.
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTML is the foundation of all websites and I remember as a 90s kid that there was a little bit of time spent in media class learning to use them. It was back in the old days of dialup and Netscape. I don’t think the exercises we did to play around actually linked us to anything on the internet back then, but I do recall coloring pages that would go from one screen to another like I was turning pages in a book.
Fast forward to when the internet became a resource for students to start embracing when they need to find information instead of relying on teachers and the library. I remember before the rise of Google that my school would have us use “Yahooligans,” which is like a kid friendly version of Yahoo.
Everything looked quite blocky back in the day compared to the sleek design of interactive websites used by businesses, organizations, and individuals today.
HTML evolved over the years to make it more functional and easier to use. The current version that is most widely used is HTML 5, which I believe most web programmers start learning from today.
There’s a lot going on with the data written out in the code that makes a website display everything the way it does, and for internet search engines to find them when users make a query. If a website is hard to discover by a search engine, then the only way would be to know it is by word of mouth.
We also handle so many communications online as well that we have to memorize several email addresses for work, family, and other business. Email addresses are also like a key we all use to access much of the web allows us to shop, watch movies, and so much more. It’s amazing how much work was done to become the foundation of the internet we know today.
And HTML is only the beginning of the long and complicated road I need to go down to start a new career.
Thanks for reading!
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