The first time I ever heard the word HTML was at the start of the Spring 2026 semester. It was bound to happen eventually, but it all began when I decided to take the CIS266 Internet Programming with Java class. On the first day, I learned that one of the requirements was to know at least the basics of HTML, or learn them in one week. For that reason, I studied the "A crash course in HTML and CSS" chapter of the book. Afterward, I started to use very basic HTML on a regular basis.

Later in the semester, we began working more deeply with HTML and CSS in the CIS145 Internet Concepts with HTML class. I have found many wonderful resources on the web that have help me, and I will shared some of them below.