Basics
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are considered the 3 major coding languages for beginner web developers, as they teach skills that are vital for all website languages.
HTML describes the structure/contents of the website, CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed, and JavaScript to program the behavior of the website.
Steps
Setup
- Folder - create a new folder called "My first site". This is where we will store our files for the webpage will reside.
- Notepad - Open 3 windows of Notepad. save them as: index.html, style.css, and script.js respectfully. They should be saves in the "My first site" folder form step 1.
- Skeleton Code - copy the Skeleton Code in this .txt file into your index.html file
- Opening in Browser - Go to the folder with you files and double click on the one called "index". Your site should be open in your browser.
Coding
Now you're ready to make a site. Go to HTML to get started
*Windows only