One of the most common questions newcomers ask about CSS is why they should use em when defining distances and sizes in their style sheets. After all, pixels (px) have long been the standard unit of measurement in web design,...
Originally released December 1996, cascading style sheets (CSS) is a special type of language that’s used to control the presentation of a web page or web document. While there’s no rule – written or unwritten – stating that you must...
Not Including Alt Text for Images When uploading and using images on your website, be sure to include the alt text attribute. This is an all-too-common mistake made by web developers. HTML 4.01 made the alt text attribute a requirement,...
How to Set up Streaming Video Content in HTML5 Now that you’ve learnt all the basic components of HTML5, It’s time to wrap up this discussion by looking at how you can set up streaming video content. You’ll also learn...
How to Design HTML Forms with CSS So far, we’ve discussed how we can create forms in HTML using the <FORM> element along with its attributes and how to use them. We’ve also looked at different form elements such as...
Here are 10 important techniques for writing clean code, regardless of what programming language you use. 1. Keep it Simple, Stupid The first and the most basic tip is to keep it as simple and readable as possible. The more...
How to Use HTML5 Form Elements We started this discussion by defining what HTML forms are and their main functions in web development process. We discussed the most common form elements. In this discussion, we look at new HTML 5...
Web Development! It is a phrase that excites some and scares others. We’re going to walk you through the top 5 programming languages used in web development so you’ll know which languages you’ll need to know to get started. We’ll...
How to Use HTML Form Elements We started this discussion by defining what HTML forms are and their main functions in web development process. We saw how the <FORM> element is used to define HTML form in a web page...
Still haven’t jumped on the HTML5 bandwagon? Originally released October 28, 2014, the fifth generation Hyper Text Markup Language offers vast improvements over its predecessors. Among its core objectives, HTML5 seeks to improve language support for rich media while maintaining...