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I enrolled in a Web Design course at UVA this semester, and I will be blogging a little each week about what I am learning. We are using the ninth edition of Web Development & Design Foundations with HTML5 textbook. So far, the book seems easy to read and organized well. The first chapter covered a basic overview of the internet and web. This chapter provided a good summary of the foundation technology needed for the world wide web to operate, most of which I was already familiar with. Still, I did learn about Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), the standard for creating a markup language. Tim Berners-Lee used SGML when creating the HTML specification.
This week's class discussion brought me to https://w3.org the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3). I was unaware of how well-established and active the group is at developing standards and best practices. Reading through some of the standards, I see editors from many big-name technology companies, including Cisco, Apple, and Google. Not only do these organizations have top talent, but they must also be using this Consortium to drive compatible product development.
Ok, that's it for now, more next week. Until then, happy coding :D
