John Dean - Web Programming with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript

Writing this textbook has been a labor of love, albeit an arduous 3-years-plus labor of love. I am indebted to my team at Jones & Bartlett Learning for their generous commitment to this project. Without them, the content may have been awesome, but no one would have known about it because there would be no book. Our fearless leader, Product Manager Laura Pagluica, kept everyone on track, especially me. She provided sagacious advice in lots of different areas, and on occasion, she (rightfully) reigned in my (sometimes excessive) exuberance. Taylor Maurice gathered and compiled the early-chapter reviews, and Mary Menzemer did the same for the later-chapter reviews. Their work helped greatly in my effort to incorporate reviewer feedback into the book. Id also like to thank Thais Miller and Vanessa Richards, who did a great job during the production phase.

Id like to acknowledge the many teachers who provided feedback during the writing phase. Their comments showed attention to detail and tremendous insight, and they led to many improvements in wording and content. So thank you to:

Simon Baev
Georgia Southwestern State University

John Beatty
La Salle University

Bill Bennett
Mt. San Jacinto College

Noni McCullough Bohonak
University of South Carolina Lancaster

Dan Brandon
Christian Brothers University

Blase B. Cindric
University of Mount Union

Stephen Crandall
Notre Dame College

Julius Dichter
University of Bridgeport

Zarreen Farooqi
University of Akron

Kelly Furnas
Kansas State University

Steven Gutierrez
Lake Erie College

William J. Hitchcock
Loras College

Nanette Hogg
University of Nebraska at Kearney

Brian W. Horton
The University of Texas at Arlington

Zhenyu Huang
Central Michigan University

Deborah J. Hwang
University of Evansville

Clara James
Minneapolis Community & Technical College

Ravinder Kang
Highline Community College

Amitava Karmaker
University of WisconsinStout

Gilliean Lee
Lander University

Haim Levkowitz
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Ted Markowitz
University of New Haven

Franois Neville
Bemidji State University

Ralph Phillips
Central Oregon Community College

Susan Reeder
Seattle University

Jamil Saquer
Missouri State University

Ethel Schuster
Northern Essex Community College

Derrf Seitz
Georgia Military College

Robert Sfarzo
Cuesta College

R. Duane Skaggs
Morehead State University

Bob Sweeney
University of South Alabama

Joo Tan
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Visa Thiangarajan
Magnolia Science Academy

Joe Triplett
Ohio University

Marilyn Turmelle
School for the Talented and Gifted

Michael Van Hilst
Nova Southeastern University

Christopher T. VanOosterhout
Muskegon Community College

Sam Vegter
Western Piedmont Community College

Jerry Westfall
Liberty University

My web-programming students have not been shy about making suggestions and finding errors. In particular, thank you Olivia Leung, Matthew Prybyszczuk, Jessica Detweiler, Alexis Fry, Chrisman Miller, and Yves Akanza.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Dean is an Associate Professor and the Department Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Park University. He earned a PhD degree in computer science from Nova Southeastern University and an MS degree in computer science from the University of Kansas. Dean has worked in industry as a software engineer and project manager, specializing in Java and various web technologiesHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JavaServer Pages, and servlets. He has taught a full range of computer science courses, including client-side and server-side web-programming courses.

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CHAPTER
Introduction to Web Programming

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

• Learn the basics of creating a website.

• Learn the basics of HTMLelements, tags, attributes.

• Use structural elements (html, head, body) to form the framework of a web page.

• Fill in a head container with title and meta elements.

• Fill in a body container with h1, hr, p, br, and div elements.

• Learn the basics of Cascading Style Sheets.

• Learn how HTML, the Web, and web browsers originated.

• Use the W3Cs Markup Validation Service.

CHAPTER OUTLINE

1.1 Introduction

Have you ever perused the Web and wondered how its web pages are made? If so, this book is for you. Actually, even if you havent thought about how web pages are made, this book can still be for you. All you need is a logical mind and an interest in creating things. This book takes you on a journey where you learn to create informative, attractive, and interactive web pages. So climb on board and enjoy the ride!