Web Development Home Page

This web site covers the basic web development languages:

• HyperText Markup Language (HTML): HTML
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): Cascading Style Sheets
• Table Styling with CSS: Table Styling with CSS
• JavaScript: JavaScript for Java Programmers
• The Document Object Model (DOM): The Document Object Model (DOM)
• Defining New HTML Elements in JavaScript: JavaScript Classes Extending HTMLElement
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG): Scalable Vector Graphics This is a work in progress.

The web pages above use a JavaScript library to give a menued presentation format to the information. This library does not work in Internet Explorer. It works without limitation in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Preliminary documentation for this library can be found here.

This web site is intended as a brief introduction to the basic languages of web development. If you are interested in learning more see A Guide to Web Development and Programming Languages. This web site was recommended to me by a young woman named Anna via her mentor Kelly Ackford.

One of my interests outside of computer science is the human mind. My biggest hero in this area is Maria Montessori¹. She developed her ideas on education in her "Casa del Bambino", educating young children in the basement of a tenement hall in Rome. The one thing that stands out from reading about this is that the desire to learn is widespread, regardless of race, sex, religion, or economic status. Because of this, I would like to recommend the following site, which attempts to deal with some of the problems faced by disadvantaged groups in computer science and other technical disciplines: A guide for women interested in a programming career.

1. Maria Montessori, "The Secret of Childhood", Ballantine Books, 1974, Chapter 19, "Observations and Discoveries", pp. 119-135.