This week is National Computer Science Week. As part of this, Code.org hosts the Hour of Code, where they encourage everyone to learn a little bit of code.
So, with that in mind, I thought we could celebrate #throwbackthursday a little early and throw all the way back to 1999, when I took a high school coding class at Bishop Neumann High School. In the class, we learned msdos and html (those were simpler times). Html has evolved and become more complex, with xhtml and html5...blah blah blah.
Anyway, basic HTML is not that complicated. You just need to start the code by using the <> blocks and then tell it to end by using </> blocks. For example, <html> begins the block and </html> ends the block.
Then there are basic other commands, such as:
<head> and </head> create a header
<body> and </body> (Everything you want to appear on the page must be between these blocks.)
<br> which inserts a line break
<p> which inserts a paragraph (or two line) break
<a href=””> and </a>which inserts a link
<center> and </center> which places the text in the center
<hr> puts a horizontal line across the page
<body bgcolor=””> changes the background color of the page
<body text=””> changes the text color of the page
You can also use hex values to determine a color, which is identifying colors by a combination of six digits. Here are some hex values.
So for example, if I wanted something to look like this:
Welcome to Warrior Run Hour of Code!
Are you learning about the basics of html today?
I also recommend the following sites to learn more about coding in general, including HTML.
So here’s the fun part. Below is a small amount of text and I want you to use the code and the practiceboard website to type out the code. If you email me the code and it is correct, you will be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift card to Dunkin Donuts. Everyone knows that teachers run on Dunkin. :)
Try this:
I learned how to code with HTML!
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That’s it! The due date is December 15, 2017. Email me the link to your practiceboard. Good luck!
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