Intro to HTML and CSS
Learning about the basics of HTML & CSS
HTML and CSS are the core of website development. They are simple and easy to learn languages.
In this guide, we will make a basic website.
HTML
HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
It is the standard markup language used to create web pages on the internet.
HTML documents include elements. These elements can be many things such as titles, paragraph text, and images. There are often elements inside of other elements.
CSS
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It is a style sheet language used for changing the style of a document written in a markup language.
CSS can specify fonts, color, borders, page layout, and many other things!
Getting Started
To get started, make a folder on your computer for your first website. Inside it, create a file and name it index.html.
To start writing in html, you can edit this file in any text editor of your choice.
There are many text editor programs, but you don’t need anything fancy to get started with HTML. You can use whatever you're comfortable with.
If you've coded before, you may feel more comfortable using an IDE. We recommend Visual Studio Code as it comes with many helpful features for HTML development out of the box.
Open index.html in your browser. Whenever you edit the text file, you can save your changes and refresh the browser tab to see them.
This html file is local- meaning people on the internet can't see this website. It's only available on your computer.