HTML Tables Course (How To)

Table Basics

Tables are a little bit more involved than other HTML elements like paragraphs and images because in order to construct a table, you need to use elements to represent the individual table cells, the rows that contain those cells, as well as the table itself.

• Overview of Tables

  2:26

• Create a Basic Table

  5:40

• Create a Table

  4 objectives

• The Table Header Cell Element

  5:15

• Add Table Cell Headers

  1 objective

• Extra Credit

  Try creating a table on your own. You can create a table of financial data, nutrition facts, sports scores, or anything else you can imagine.

Structuring Tables

Extra structure can be helpful for automated pieces of software like search engines or screen readers, but it's also helpful for designers because it adds some additional elements that can be targeted with CSS.

• The Table Head and Body Elements

  3:06

• Add the Table Head and Body Elements

  1 objective

• The Table Foot Element

  5:08

• Add the Table Footer Element

  3 objectives

• The Caption Element

  1:25

• Add a Table Caption Element

  1 objective

• More Table Tips

  2:04

• HTML Tables Review

  6 questions

• Extra Credit

  If you continue to learn about front-end development, try adding some JavaScript to your table. With some interactivity, you can add features like sorting and filtering to an otherwise static table.

  If you learn about back-end languages like PHP or Python, try to see if you can populate a table dynamically by using data from a database.