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HTML 101, Part 3 – Tags
In: HTML
24 Nov 2011« HTML101 Part 2 || HTML101 Part 4 »
Now that we have scratched the surface of HTML, we’re going to start delving deeper. It’s time to start learning more about tags.
Display of tags
You’ve just completed your first “Hello world” HTML page:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello World</p>
</body>
</html>
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- Tags: 101, XHTML
HTML 101, Part 2 – Setup
In: HTML
17 Nov 2011« HTML101 Part 1 || HTML101 Part 3 »
Welcome back to HTML Bootcamp, recruit. Today we will be covering editing environments, setting up your very first HTML document and testing it in a web browser. So let’s not waste any time and get down to business!
1. Editors
When you’re on the battlefield you need to be comfortable with your equipment and know how to use it. If your helmet is too big for you or your rifle’s strap is broken you’re not really performing the way you should. The same principal applies to coding. If your editing environment causes you more headaches than anything else you’re not really performing at maximum capacity. So making the right choice when it comes to which editor you use is not something to be taken lightly.
Initially you might be able to get away with using your operating system’s standard text editor, like Notepad on Microsoft Windows, but later you’ll want to pick the right tools to make your job easier. When you reach that point you can go one of two routes.
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- Tags: 101, XHTML
HTML 101, Part 1 – Introduction
In: HTML
11 Nov 2011« Web Dev Bootcamp – Introduction || HTML101 Part 2 »
Welcome to HTML Bootcamp day 1! This series will teach you the fundamentals of HTML and equip you to build your own website(s). Before we can hand you a gun and some bullets to start shootin’ , we’ll put you through some basic training to get you into shape first.
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Web Developer Bootcamp: Introduction
In: Uncategorized
11 Nov 2011Disclaimer
As a courtesy, Anvil Studios is going to offer an in-depth course in the basics of web development. This course will be presented through posts on our blog. This is going to be a N00b friendly course. So if you are already well-oiled in web development, we advise you to turn to more solid food, found in some of our other articles and series.
Welcome to Bootcamp
Welcome to Web Development Bootcamp. During the course of this series we will teach you everything you need to know to develop a fully functional and standards compliant website or web-based application.
Websites can be broken up into two main parts, Client- and Server-side. The Client-side is mostly responsible for display and user interactivity while the majority of logic and functionality is managed by the Server-side. These two parts can then be broken down further into the languages responsible for them and their functions.
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Alter a foreign key in mySQL
In: MySQL
11 Nov 2011I recently came across a situation where the foreign key was incorrectly defined in a table I was working with and I had to figure out how to redefine it…
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- Tags: alter, Database, MySQL
AJAX Form submit with jquery
In: HTML|Javascript|PHP
2 Nov 2011How to submit a form using AJAX?
In this micro tut I will show you how to submit your HTML form using AJAX.
Why change a working formula?
Because it can work better and faster! (A good motto for web developers :) )
Most things we do on the web comes down to user experience. You want people browsing your site(s) to enjoy it so much that they want to stay longer, and come back again later.
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- Tags: ajax, ajax form, form submit, jquery
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- HTML 101, Part 4 – Attributes
- HTML 101, Part 3 – Tags
- HTML 101, Part 2 – Setup
- HTML 101, Part 1 – Introduction
- Web Developer Bootcamp: Introduction
- Alter a foreign key in mySQL
- AJAX Form submit with jquery
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