Absolute Beginner's Guide to Programming, Third Edition

Hypertext and Scripting Languages

Some computer programmers are not programmers in the traditional sense in that they do not write standalone applications that perform specific tasks. Instead, they write the code behind Web pages. A Web page looks the way it does because the programmer has placed items and formatted text on the page using a language called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML is a formatting language that determines how text, graphics, tables, and other information appear on a Web page. In addition, the true power of HTML comes from its capability to provide links between pieces of information. If you've clicked a hyperlink on a Web page to traverse to another Web page, you have used HTML. By the time you finish Chapter 17 ...