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We had to figure out how to get what was come to known as Dynamic HTML or dhtml work with internet Explorer's development and the Netscape layer element. It was a brutal time because people were coming up with really cool things accessibility not so much but innovation yes.
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Internet Explorer implemented the div element for division but Netscape didn't follow along and made up its own alternative known as layer. We had one API which was the document object model which makes sense in a document based web. But we couldn't really move together easily.
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If those folks new to web development don't remember the days of JavaScript is being a toy to play with it's come a long way baby when we look at ecma 6 we see a real growth from the days where we used it for non-essential behavior and style remember geocities lol!
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Developers were also really hungry for more CSS which wasn't getting great implementation across browsers which is sort of where my I don't work here. Off in the industry as the browser Wars emerged. We wanted layout we want to design we wanted Behavior to enhance experiences
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So if you continue where we are at this point in history is that HTML and CSS are both declarative languages that are complementary. Unfortunately the challenge that occurred and next came through the concerns I was expressing earlier and that is with tools we use.
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Hope folks are enjoying this I think it was great that Jen thought of it because I've been quite upset as you might have noticed from my rants today I have concerns that experience versus enthusiasm of folks new to the industry won't solve security, accessibility, performance etc
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We've spoken before about how frustrating this is for everyone the developers themselves Tool makers and employers who are looking for people that can move forward with experience. Especially true for women and people of ethnic diversity who we're not early as you and I.
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So part of the issue obviously as we move forward is when even with Advanced and experienced developers such as myself and Jen find ourselves concerned with moving toward these complicated tools and find that longer-term developers sounds get educated or exposed to them.
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I thought it was a great opportunity I hope people do benefit from the knowledge that those of us who have worked it all for a very long time now have to offer in terms of experience and depth of knowledge
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You were looking at how it affected contemporary practices I saw an opportunity to open it up because so many people doing the hundred days of a code Challenge and others don't get the evolution and progress so they can understand these principles as we move toward complex tools.
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More to come that's a simple intro now for dinner and watch party with my brother and his Ronnie bear as is our weekend tradition. I'll stop back with the next steps as I can. Please feel free to ask questions or clarifications in this simple explanation the web.😎
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Some styles are inherited others are not it just depends upon the dtd in use. Do you have the same style or similar elsewhere? you may end up with a conflict meaning you must change the sort order or specificity as needed.
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We can also have what's known as an embedded style sheet which is placed in the head portion of the documents inside Style Elements and they are to control singular page needs. This is ncss known as origin. What is the origin of the rule? It's in the external stylesheet.
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In the open web stack another layer occurs and that is the presentation layer this is CSS. CSS can words that can be in the elements in the document in the document head as a link or imports to an external CSS file or a user Style which a usercan create and he or she might want.
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So far pretty easy in general to understand. There is no style and there is no presentational HTML so much at this point so browsers would display content fairly similarly and structurally in order of the content within the document.
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The HTTP or hypertext transfer protocol now most often only seen as HTTPS which adds a layer of security is the protocol that transfers one click of a link request to the reference document. The URL would be the location address of the document we want to link with.
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Again the idea is to have created a Content Rich document with links to other Pages or other sites that expand the information available.
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A lot more information about how the structure emerges overtime but understand that prior to CSS the concept of semantics as being meaningful to the content or presentational of the content was not an initial concern although it became one with time.
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Once we close the head elements properly we can move on to the body. This is where our content which we want to be displayed in the browser goes and marked up accordingly such as H1-H6, paragraphs, lists, tables, and other information describing the content.
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