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Lesson 21: Structuring Tables

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Here we expand on the techniques discussed in the previous lesson. Topics include:

 

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Lesson 21: Structuring tables

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Hands on exercise

This exercise is primarily focused on row grouping and building a large cell.

In your MyWebFiles directory is a file named inventory.html, which contains a version of one of our inventory files that you are to modify.

Part 1 - create "inventory1.html"

 

Part 2 - create "inventory2.html"

 

 

The video below examines a reasonably complex HTML table and explores how to write the HTML code to create that table structure.

 


Video: A Complex Table

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Hands on exercise

This exercise is primarily focused on modifying an existing table.

After filming the above video, I noticed some things that could be improved to make our table even closer to the target table; the final file is named "coronaVirusTable.html". Modify this file to correct the problems:

 

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    A cumulative summary of the contents of the course so far: Click here for the cumulative technical summary

 

 

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