Getting Started

I think you'll find that the best way to learn is to follow along with the examples in this book and create your own Web pages as you read. As you learned in the introduction of this book, you can create Web pages or HTML documents with any text editor (including Microsoft Notepad, DOS edit, Mac SimpleText, and UNIX vi). You probably already have at least one of these editors installed on your computer, even if you have never used it before.

Caution

Although you can also create Web pages using some word processors (such as Microsoft Word) and some WYSIWYG programs (such as Microsoft FrontPage), I suggest that you ignore these programs for now and concentrate on learning HTML. HTML authoring tools are discussed in Lesson 15, "Using Web Authoring Tools."

WYSIWYG

An acronym for What You See Is What You Get. It generally refers to software programs that enable you to see what the page looks like without seeing all the program's formatting codes.