CTEC2712: Web application development

Unit: HTML basics

HyperText Markup Language is a core technology which provides the backbone of the web.

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<p>
    <strong>H</strong>yper<strong>T</strong>ext
    <strong>M</strong>arkup
    <strong>L</strong>anguage
    is a core technology which provides the <em>backbone</em> of the web.
</p>

In this unit we will cover the main aspects of syntax, HTML document structure, accessibility considerations and search engine optimisation.

In this unit

Introducing HTML

This is an introduction to the basics of HTML

The Default Flow

In this exercise we will look at the default styles applied by the browser and how the main element types behave.

Accessibility

In this module we consider accessibility as a foundational design goal for building high quality HTML documents representing our application interface.