the web101 project

By Mark Fischer

Technology Tech News Software How-To

What's the web101 project about?

The web101 project is an instructional series for learning about web technologies, from it's beginnings through the modern web.

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the web101 project episodes:

01.24.2021
More Elements
In this episode we cover some more of the basic HTML elements. Lists, tables, headers are all on the menu. We also start discussing styling, and the differences between structure and presentation.
01.18.2021
First Page
We've seen enough HTML to build our first page and view it in a browser. We'll go over the most basic software tools in web development - a web browser, and a text editor.
01.10.2021
HTML Part 1
Hypertext Markup Language - HTML is the scaffolding of a web page. It defines the content and structure of a page, and links together all the pieces required to deliver the page's visual layout and interactivity. Elements, tags, attributes, content,...
01.03.2021
HTTP
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is at the heart of the web. It is a fairly straightforward communications protocol allowing a wide variety of clients to talk to a wide variety of servers. The ease of use of HTTP has helped...
12.28.2020
The Big Picture
In this episode, I thought it might help to look back at a brief history of where the ideas for the web came from, and some of the major milestones over the past many decades. I'll also touch on the...
12.04.2020
An Introduction
I've always enjoyed teaching and mentoring. A couple of years ago I had the great privilege to teach a class in web programming for the Computer Science department at the University of Arizona. So I thought I would dust off...