Tuesday, May 24, 2016

MTA Exam 98-383: Introduction to Programming Using HTML and CSS

Understand HTML Fundamentals
Understand CSS Fundamentals
Structure Documents Using HTML
Present Multimedia Using HTML
Style Web Pages Using CSS

Understand HTML Fundamentals

Construct markup that uses metadata elements
Script; noscript; style; link; meta tags, including encoding, keywords, viewport, and translate
Construct well-formed markup that conforms to industry best practices  
DOCTYPE declaration; HTML; head; body; proper syntax, including closing tags and commonly used symbols; comments

Understand CSS Fundamentals

Analyze the impact of using inline styles, internal style sheets, and external style sheets
When to use inline styles; when to use internal style sheets; when to use external style sheets; precedence when using a combination of inline styles and style sheets

Construct and analyze rule sets
Valid syntax for the CSS rule set; selectors, including class, id, elements and pseudo-class

Construct well-formed style sheets that conform to industry best practices
Reusing rules and rule sets; commenting; testing on multiple browsers; web safe fonts

Structure Documents Using HTML

Construct and analyze markup to structure content and organize data
Table tags; h1-h6; p; br; hr; div; span; ul; ol; li

Construct and analyze markup that uses HTML5 semantic elements
Semantic tags; header; nav; section; article; aside; footer; details; summary; figure; caption

Construct and analyze markup that implements navigation
Image links; a; target; bookmark; relative versus absolute links; navigating simple folder hierarchies

Construct and analyze markup that uses form elements
Form attributes; action; method; submission methods; accessibility; input types and restrictions; select; textarea; button; output; option; datalist; fieldset

Present Multimedia Using HTML

Construct and analyze markup that displays images
img and picture elements and their attributes

Describe the appropriate use of the img, svg, and canvas elements

Construct and analyze markup that plays video and audio
Video; audio; track; source; simple iframe implementations

Style Web Pages Using CSS

Construct and analyze styles that position content
Positioning, including float, relative, absolute, max-width, overflow, height, width, and align; inline versus block; visibility; box model, including margins and padding
Construct and analyze styles that format text
Font-family; color; font-style; font-size; font-weight; link colors; text formatting, including text alignment, text decoration, and indentation

Construct and analyze styles that format backgrounds and borders
Border-color; border-style; border-width; backgrounds; divs; colors

Analyze styles that implement a simple responsive layout
Units of measure; responsive effects with CSS, including viewport and media query; percentages versus pixels; frameworks and templates; max width