98-383 Introduction to Programming Using HTML and CSS

Published: August 31, 2017
Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, German, Korean
Audiences: IT professionals, Developers, Information workers
Technology HTML5 and CSS3
Credit toward certification: MTA

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Understand HTML Fundamentals (10-15%)
Construct markup that uses metadata elements
Script; noscript; style; link; meta tags, including encoding, keywords, viewport, and translate
Construct well-formed markup that conforms to industry best practices
DOCTYPE declaration; HTML; head; body; proper syntax, including closing tags and commonly used symbols; comments

Understand CSS Fundamentals (15-20%)
Analyze the impact of using inline styles, internal style sheets, and external style sheets
When to use inline styles; when to use internal style sheets; when to use external style sheets; precedence when using a combination of inline styles and style sheets
Construct and analyze rule sets
Valid syntax for the CSS rule set; selectors, including class, id, elements and pseudo-class
Construct well-formed style sheets that conform to industry best practices
Reusing rules and rule sets; commenting; testing on multiple browsers; web safe fonts

Structure Documents Using HTML (30-35%)
Construct and analyze markup to structure content and organize data
Table tags; h1-h6; p; br; hr; div; span; ul; ol; li
Construct and analyze markup that uses HTML5 semantic elements
Semantic tags; header; nav; section; article; aside; footer; details; summary; figure; caption
Construct and analyze markup that implements navigation
Image links; a; target; bookmark; relative versus absolute links; navigating simple folder hierarchies
Construct and analyze markup that uses form elements
Form attributes; action; method; submission methods; accessibility; input types and restrictions; select; textarea; button; output; option; datalist; fieldset

Present Multimedia Using HTML (10-15%)
Construct and analyze markup that displays images
img and picture elements and their attributes
Describe the appropriate use of the img, svg, and canvas elements
Construct and analyze markup that plays video and audio
Video; audio; track; source; simple iframe implementations

Style Web Pages Using CSS (20-25%)
Construct and analyze styles that position content
Positioning, including float, relative, absolute, max-width, overflow, height, width, and align; inline versus block; visibility; box model, including margins and padding
Construct and analyze styles that format text
Font-family; color; font-style; font-size; font-weight; link colors; text formatting, including text alignment, text decoration, and indentation
Construct and analyze styles that format backgrounds and borders
Border-color; border-style; border-width; backgrounds; divs; colors
Analyze styles that implement a simple responsive layout
Units of measure; responsive effects with CSS, including viewport and media query; percentages versus pixels; frameworks and templates; max width