HTML5 Exploring

It has been awhile since I’ve worked with a language for #webdevelopment since 1999. Really, it has been that long ago. I’ve been busy with network devices for quite some time. Now I got a few books to actually see the newer possibilities of the 2015 to the now period.

I however just realized after some page turning. There are newer developments and standards that require continued learning. I am amazed at all these new additional tags and features in a newer improved language. It’s called “HTML5” & “CSS3”.

It all started last week with this old book on my dusty shelf called HTML UTOPIA: Designing Without Tables Using CSS 2nd Edition, printed way back in 2006. I cracked it open and exercised my knowledge with its chapters. I turned around and started looking at other source code in modern websites of today and noticed newer tags and newer methods in the bigger alphabet soup of HTML5.

HTML that I knew in 1999 is way more advanced today than ever. To help me get into this environment, I found a cheat sheet that caught my eye. The new discovered and exciting tool is the #HTML5 PDF cheatsheet. It kicks the reference into high gear and comes in 18 pages. Get it at johndecember.com or directly at https://johndecember.com/html/spec/HTML5-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

It is highly motivating to have this PDF reference to tote and put learning on the fast track to writing structure.

These new parts brings back the fun for the #webmaster guy from 1999, with the following tags: <wbr>, <article>, <section>, and <footer>. Also the text and hover effects are exciting with the tandem link to #CSS3. I will spend the next few weeks in the lab doing HTML5 and CSS3 explorations.

If this helped a newer developer or anyone else, share a comment. Next time, I will post tidbits of the other books.