Interview Notes - Page 14

Buttons: submit, reset and button

Three button types, one attribute, and a default that causes more accidental submissions than any other rule in HTML.

Form Structure: form, action and method

Every form is a container, a set of named controls and a submit button. Learn what action and method do, why name matters more than id, and what the b...

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Spanning Cells with colspan and rowspan

One cell covering several columns or rows. Simple to write, easy to get wrong, and the arithmetic has to balance or the whole grid tears.

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Table Structure: table, tr, th and td

A table is for two dimensional data, never for layout. Learn the four core elements, the difference between th and td, and the test that tells you whe...

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The Anchor Element: Turning Text Into a Link

One element built the web. Learn the href attribute, what makes link text good or useless, the target and rel attributes, and why a link is not a butt...

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Emphasis and Importance: strong, em, b and i

Four elements, two that look bold and two that look italic, and the pairs are not interchangeable. The difference is meaning, and screen readers act o...

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Block Level and Inline Elements

The oldest distinction in HTML layout: block boxes stack down the page and fill the width, inline boxes sit inside a line of text. It also decides whi...

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Elements, Tags and Attributes: The Vocabulary of HTML

Tag, element and attribute are three different things, and interviews test the difference constantly. Learn the anatomy, the void elements, boolean at...

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What is HTML: The Structure Layer of Every Web Page

HTML is a markup language, not a programming language. It labels content so that browsers, search engines and assistive technology all agree on what e...