The HTML Handbook

Welcome! I wrote this book to help you quickly learn HTML and get familiar with the advanced HTML topics. HTML, a shorthand for Hyper Text Markup Language, is one of the most fundamental building blocks of the Web. HTML was officially born in 1993 and since then it evolved into its current state, moving from simple text documents to powering rich Web Applications. This handbook is aimed at a vast audience. First, the beginner. I explain HTML from zero in a succinct but comprehensive way, so you can use this book to learn HTML from the basics. Then, the professional. HTML is often considered like a secondary thing to learn. It might be given for granted. Yet lots of things are obscure to many people. Me included. I wrote this handbook to help my understanding of the topic, because when I need to explain something, I better make sure I first know the thing inside out. Even if you don't write HTML in your day to day work, knowing how HTML works can help save you some headaches when you need to understand it from time to time, for example while tweaking a web page. Flavio You can reach me via email at [email protected], on Twitter @flaviocopes. My website is flaviocopes.com.