Web Programming Skills
In this section I will try to detail some of the various web programming skills I have acquired since 1996.
HTML
Since I created my first "Hello World!" webpage in 1996 I have continued to constantly dabble, play, or work with HTML to some degree.
My initial training with HTML consisted of being taught the basic elements of a web page.
We were then shown how to view the HTML source code and told to browse and canabalize the web (As most people did in those days).
This initial training has served me well because it taught me how to analyze source code and determine how something was coded and if I could recreate it (or adjust it) for my own use.
CSS
I first started to use CSS in 2005 and I was instantly interested in it's potential.
Not only was it a great method to create a desired format but it also allowed the programmer to create templates for printing or mobile versions of their web content.
Much of my programming since this time has focussed around usability issues.
JavaScript
I have dabbled with JavaScript over the years but once I started to redisgn my webpages using to take advantage of CSS I started to use JavaScript much more.
My main use of it has been to add footer information to pages without having to update each page when I change the information. A good example would be the copyright notice at the bottom of Reenactor.ca
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