1    Introduction to the HTML Universe

Whether you’re a beginner, developer, programmer, or blogger—as a reader you’ll have certain expectations of this book. This chapter is first of all about clarifying some formalities that concern (or are necessary for) this book and to elaborate on what you can expect before you start the actual practice.

You surely have already skimmed the table of contents of this book and may have noticed that its focus is on HTML and CSS. With HTML, you’ll learn the markup language for creating websites, whereas with CSS, you’ll learn how to design and style websites. In addition, it also covers web programming with JavaScript, which has become indispensable.

This chapter is still taking it slow, and here’s what you’ll learn:

1.1    Is This Book Even Intended for Me?

This book is aimed at beginners who are simply looking to create their own website or familiarize themselves with basic web technologies at first, as well as web authors looking for a comprehensive read on the hot topics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

In addition, future developers and programmers of web applications for web templates or dynamic websites can no longer get around a sound knowledge of HTML. Even bloggers or online sellers—who often use a platform where they can enter the content in a form without any special knowledge and generate a web presentation for the viewer—can benefit from deeper knowledge to align or customize the content more neatly or, if necessary, according to their own needs.

If you don’t yet know which group you want to belong to, you’re at least interested in web development (otherwise, you wouldn’t be holding this book in your hands). With the background knowledge around HTML, a lot of doors will open for you.

Should I Read the Chapters in Order?

For newcomers to this subject, I recommend working through the book from cover to cover. Where possible, the individual chapters in this book are structured to anticipate later chapters as little as possible. Of course, this can’t be completely avoided when you explain a topic.

Returning or more experienced readers can read the chapters of the book in any order and flip to individual topics as needed. For this reason, this book can also be used as a reference work.