HTML Help

My experience with HTML has been a mix of frustration and curiosity. Before CIS 145, I had only seen HTML when opening to view the source code but that was gibberish to me. This semester pushed me to actually understand how tags, attributes, and CSS work together to build something visual from plain text. Debugging broken layouts has probably taught me more than the lectures, honestly. Below are three resources that have helped me along the way.

MDN Web Docs — HTML Reference

MDN is basically the bible of web development. It lists every HTML tag with examples. When I'm not sure what an attribute does or whether a tag is deprecated, this is the first place I check.

W3Schools HTML Tutorial

W3Schools is great for beginners like me because every concept comes with a "Try it Yourself" editor where you can edit the code and see the output instantly. It provides the generic syntax and shows me areas of code that I can advance from.

Stack Overflow — HTML Tag

Stack Overflow is where I go when something is broken and I have no idea why. Chances are someone else has hit the exact same bug and a stranger has explained the fix in detail. The HTML tag has thousands of answered questions covering edge cases the official docs don't.