Computer Science Archive

Character Codes for Special HTML Characters — Unicode, HTML, Hexadecimal

This is a reference sheet for character and character with accent, codes in HTML, Unicode, and Hexadecimal. (I am building it as I need them, so it will take some time to complete.) Character Name HTML Identity Unicode Hexadecimal References […]

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Writing Your First Python Program

(This article on Writing Your First Python Program is part of a text on Python, thus is a continuation of a process.) Start IDLE (or whatever IDE you are using). Open a new window. (You can choose New Window under […]

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IDLE — Python Integrated Development Environment

IDLE is a simple “Integrated Development Environment” (IDE) that allows you to code and run programs within itself. It comes with Python programming language. There are other IDE’s that can be used for Python. However, Python’s built-in IDLE is a […]

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UTF-8 Greek and Coptic — HTML Unicode UTF-8 Charset

HTML Unicode UTF-8 is the easiest way to write special characters online (especially if you use a CMS like WordPress or do WP Theme Development). Some characters like α or Α have an ‘entity’ attached to them. As such you […]

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PHP Version

If you want to check the PHP version of a script from within the script (printing that value in real time) you can use the phpversion() function like $version = phpversion() print($version) However, for best practices it is advised to […]

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HTML Attributes — HTML

HTML attributes give additional information about HTML elements. Using a variety of attributes we can add new dimensions and functionality to elements. The href attribute can be used with the hyperlink element <a> tag to identify exactly where we want […]

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The src Attribute — HTML

The <img> tag is used to embed an image in an HTML page. You write the image HTML tag in the code of your web page, and then specify certain necessary attributes, such as the src attribute, so that the […]

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The href Attribute — HTML

The <a> tag defines a hyperlink — a link to somewhere else on your site, or a link to somewhere else on the internet — that you place around certain text that you want to be the link text. This […]

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HTML Tags

HTML tags are fundamental components used to structure and format content in web documents. They define specific elements as paragraphs, headings of a specific hierarchy, images and so on, enabling you to add styles using CSS to a specific html […]

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The Python Programming Language

This course will teach you how to code with the Python Programming Language, but more than that, we will also explore the process of learning to think like a computer scientist. Ultimately, in addition to the knowledge and skills of […]

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