2. Agenda
S What is HTML
S HTML History
S The “Creator”
S The Need
S New Features
3. What is HTML
S HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
S Language used to create documents on the
World Wide Web
Web page structure and layout
How a page looks
Special functions
S Uses tags that have attributes
(Bellis, 2013)
4. HTML History
S Vannevar Bush first proposed hypertext
basics in 1945
S Foundation laid for HTML invention in
1990
S Tim Berners-Lee's Browser Editor as
developed in 1991-92
S HTML first version formally published
June 1993
(Bellis, 2013)
5. The “Creator”
S Tim Berners-Lee
S Born in 1955
S Oxford University Physics graduate in
1976
S Current Director of the World Wide Web
Consortium
“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the
propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency
to miss lunch.” (Bellis, 2013).
6. The Need
S Many updates thru the years
S No video integration required
plug-ins
S Plug-in’s worked but at a cost
S Inconvenient
S Vulnerable to viruses
7. New Features
S Additional new features:
S Video
S Audio
S Drag & Drop
S Editable Web Page Content
S Storage within the browser
S And many more
S Web-ready devices
Create a standard consistent web experience across all platforms and browsers.
8. References
S
Kleyman, Bill. (2013). Using Cloud and Virtualization to Deliver Next-Generation
Workloads. Retrieved November 30, 2013 from
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/11/27/using-cloudvirtualization-deliver-next-generation-workloads/
S
Bellis, Mary. (2013). Retrieved November 28, 2013 from
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/p/TimBernersLee.htm
S
Bellis, Mary. (2013). Retrieved November 28, 2013 from
http://inventors.about.com/od/computersoftware/a/html.htm
Editor's Notes
Hello, my name is Melissa Soto and I will be providing this presentation on HTML5.
I will briefly discuss what HTML is and provide a little information about its history and creator. In addition, I will touch on the need for HTML5 and some of its new features.
So, what is HTML? Well, computers use language to communicate just like people do. The way people communicate with the internet is through a language called HyperText Markup Language or HTML.HyperText is the process of linking objects together so that when one object is clicked, the linked object can automatically be displayed.HTML is used to define the structure and layout of a Web page, how a page looks and any special functions. This is done by using tags that have attributes. As the viewer of a web page you don't see the HTML, it is hidden from your view.(Bellis, 2013).
How did it all start? Well, after Vannevar Bush first proposed the basics of hypertext in 1945, it laid the foundation for Tim Berners-Lee and others to invent things like the World Wide Web and HTML in 1990.His ‘Browser Editor’ was developed in 1991-92. This was a true ‘browser editor’ for the first version of HTML and ran on a NeXt workstation.TheFirst Version of HTML was formally published on June 1993.(Bellis, 2013).
A little insight on the “Creator” of HTML, Tim Berners-Lee. He was born in 1955 in London, England. Both of his parents were mathematicians. He loved electronics from an early age and graduated from Oxford University in 1976 as a Physics major. At Oxford he built his first computer using: a soldering iron, TTL gates, an M6800 processor and an old television.He is currently the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, the group that sets technical standards for the Web.I can always relate to his quote: “Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.”(Bellis, 2013).
Why the need for HTML5? HTML has gone through many updates since the first version release. However, one known barrier with HTML has been with video. When video came along there was no immediateway to integrate it into HMTL naturally so companies had to created their own software to work around it, known as ‘plug-ins’ such as: QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and Flash. These worked but because they were external plug-ins, they were inconvenient and could make computers vulnerable to virus.
What new features can we expect with HTML5? First, HTML5 is building capabilities to deal with the video issue by including video right into the code so that hopefully plug-ins will not be necessary. In addition to video, there are numerous additional new features. I have listed a few below. vector graphics & animation,Drag and drop, Editable web page contentStorage within the browserNew technologies around HTML5 are breaking the barriers in how applications (regardless of the app’s DNA) can be delivered to web-ready devices. The plan is to hopefully create a standard consistent web experience across all platforms and browsers and HTML5 definitely seems to be progressing in the right direction.(Kleyman, Bill.2013).
