HTML Mastery
So you have looked over all of the fundamentals and perhaps you are wondering what the next step is.
1. Study the HTML Element Reference Really Well
The next logical step is to study the HTML Elements Reference and begin to experiment with code on your own. Get to know all of the elements quickly so you know what is available to you and your site's pages. This will allow you to move faster in production without having to stop every 30 minutes to ask somebody which element to use for a task.
2. Your Site/App Goals Will Drive Your Education
Your site goals are more than likely going to push you into directions in regards to learning HTML. People would rarely start learning all of this just to know it all, they usually learn it to get past goals they set for personal or business reasons. Nobody wakes up one day and says out of nowhere "I am going to learn all of HTML today!". If you know that you want an image on your web page, you have to have general knowledge about all of the elements of HTML to select the right element to use. If you want a video or animations to play on your site which element will you use? If your site was just to have that picture, that video, and some text you can stop learning right there at that point because you will have built exactly what you wanted and are satisfied.
3. Getting Help When You Need It
You are going to get stuck in website development because it happens to the very best of us. You have to be a stubborn mule to hang in there, this is not for slackers. Slackers use website templates they did not build that are pre-made, real dorky men/women build from scratch and create new unique things from basic building blocks.
Go online and ask people how to get over each hurdle you come to. There are probably thousands of free web dev tech forums for you to join and ask questions to the tech experts running the free forums. If you have bad luck at one forum, try 200 more. Use the helpfulness and experience of others to quickly get over hurdles slowing down your site layout, graphics, or application development. Each piece of help you get will open your eyes a little bit more and you will be able to continue until you hit the next thing that boggles your mind. Like I stated above, that will only last so long depending on your logic level.
4. HTML Experts and Professionals
Most people just learn enough HTML to place a basic site or page online. To be able to work professionally as an HTML engineer you have to know enough to be able to very quickly produce applications and not just websites for clients. You not only have to know all of the elements like the back of your hand, you also have to be able to creatively apply them and combine them to create things required of you quickly. You must be very comfortable with not only HTML, but you will require extensive Javascript and CSS if you plan on going at this on a professional level.
HTML is the Backbone of all the Web
No matter what technologies you add to your tool belt, HTML is your entry point to communicating online using most any technology. Whether you communicate online through your website or another site that someone else built, HTML is the foundation in which all other technologies can even be presented on a web page. Things like 3D games online, Flash apps, animations and multimedia, and much more would never be seen on a web page if an HTML element were not wrapped around it like a warm blanket. My point is that it pays greatly to fully understand the technology which is the backbone of your website, no matter how simple it may appear on the surface it is powerful stuff and is becoming much more so lately with the HTML5 additions to HTML.
1. Study the HTML Element Reference Really Well
The next logical step is to study the HTML Elements Reference and begin to experiment with code on your own. Get to know all of the elements quickly so you know what is available to you and your site's pages. This will allow you to move faster in production without having to stop every 30 minutes to ask somebody which element to use for a task.
2. Your Site/App Goals Will Drive Your Education
Your site goals are more than likely going to push you into directions in regards to learning HTML. People would rarely start learning all of this just to know it all, they usually learn it to get past goals they set for personal or business reasons. Nobody wakes up one day and says out of nowhere "I am going to learn all of HTML today!". If you know that you want an image on your web page, you have to have general knowledge about all of the elements of HTML to select the right element to use. If you want a video or animations to play on your site which element will you use? If your site was just to have that picture, that video, and some text you can stop learning right there at that point because you will have built exactly what you wanted and are satisfied.
3. Getting Help When You Need It
You are going to get stuck in website development because it happens to the very best of us. You have to be a stubborn mule to hang in there, this is not for slackers. Slackers use website templates they did not build that are pre-made, real dorky men/women build from scratch and create new unique things from basic building blocks.
Go online and ask people how to get over each hurdle you come to. There are probably thousands of free web dev tech forums for you to join and ask questions to the tech experts running the free forums. If you have bad luck at one forum, try 200 more. Use the helpfulness and experience of others to quickly get over hurdles slowing down your site layout, graphics, or application development. Each piece of help you get will open your eyes a little bit more and you will be able to continue until you hit the next thing that boggles your mind. Like I stated above, that will only last so long depending on your logic level.
4. HTML Experts and Professionals
Most people just learn enough HTML to place a basic site or page online. To be able to work professionally as an HTML engineer you have to know enough to be able to very quickly produce applications and not just websites for clients. You not only have to know all of the elements like the back of your hand, you also have to be able to creatively apply them and combine them to create things required of you quickly. You must be very comfortable with not only HTML, but you will require extensive Javascript and CSS if you plan on going at this on a professional level.
HTML is the Backbone of all the Web
No matter what technologies you add to your tool belt, HTML is your entry point to communicating online using most any technology. Whether you communicate online through your website or another site that someone else built, HTML is the foundation in which all other technologies can even be presented on a web page. Things like 3D games online, Flash apps, animations and multimedia, and much more would never be seen on a web page if an HTML element were not wrapped around it like a warm blanket. My point is that it pays greatly to fully understand the technology which is the backbone of your website, no matter how simple it may appear on the surface it is powerful stuff and is becoming much more so lately with the HTML5 additions to HTML.
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