A small learning challenge
A little computing history
Revisit a few ideas that made the web a place to learn, share, and build.
Step 1 / A short read
A few ideas worth keeping
An idea for connecting information
Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989. Hypertext links let people move between related documents. The Web is an information system that uses the internet; the two names do not mean exactly the same thing.
Small building blocks
HTML describes the meaning and structure of a web page. CSS controls its presentation, including colours and layout. A hyperlink connects one resource to another. These simple building blocks still make room for an enormous variety of ideas.
Sharing with care
Open source is about licensing permissions, not simply a price of zero. Read a project’s license to understand how it can be used, changed, and shared. Finding something in a digital archive does not automatically grant permission to republish it; check the rights of the individual item.
Remembering our work
Version control records changes to files over time, so earlier versions can be compared or recovered. Keeping a useful history helps us understand how a project developed. Documenting a decision’s reason gives the next person more than a command to copy.
A web with room for more people
Accessible websites consider people with different disabilities and ways of interacting. Keyboard operation, readable contrast, and meaningful structure are part of that work. Experience remains useful when it helps us ask good questions, check assumptions, and make room for others to contribute.
Step 2 / Give it a try
What stayed with you?
You can refer to the reading above. Answer all ten questions, then check your answers.
Your result