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Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points
Posted by Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points

html 5 or just html for building a website?

Hello everyone, should i learn html or html5? I want to build a website, what should i do? Thank you.

7 Answers

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Learning HTML5 is learning HTML. You should always go with the latest version of any language for the most part. (There are a few exceptions to this.) It will have the newest features. An example would be HTML5 integration of Scalable Vector Graphics (svg) files. e.g. taken from w3 page on the differences from HTML5 and HTML4.

<!doctype html>
<title>SVG in text/html</title>
<p>
 A green circle:
 <svg> <circle r="50" cx="50" cy="50" fill="green"/> </svg>
</p>
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Michael,

I would start here. It's a fantastic introduction to html and css. All the HTML courses here are HTML5.

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

Hi Michael,

html5 is the current standard for writing html.

Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points
Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points

Thank you for answering, but what should i learn?

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

You should learn HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP or Rails and jQuery. that would help you. Depends what your goal.

HTML in general is HTML. Like whats the difference? HTML5 has new semantic tags etc.. but it still uses some very old HTML tags like div. It doesn't matter. Just stay on top with technology. Its like CSS and CSS3 like, its the same, CSS3 has just animations and that kind of stuff.

Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points
Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points

Ok i understand, where can i find an online course for html5?

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

'Seth Reece 32,070 1h ago
Learning HTML5 is learning HTML. "

Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points
Michael touboul
Michael touboul
3,053 Points

Great Seth, thank you for your help, much appreciated!