Guide: HTML & CSS - Introduction

HTML and CSS are two of the web's building blocks. They allow us, respectively, to define what are the contents of a website and how it should look like. In this module you will get in touch with the syntax, learn all fundamental parts of each and create a website.

If you never worked with either before, the syntax might look a little weird at first but it grows on you and you'll feel at home in no time. Focus on creating clean code, which you understand 100%. Make extensive use of sandboxes (with Glitch, CodePen or Web Maker, for example). Get comfortable and use HTML's semantic tags (header, main, section, footer, nav, etc). Go through the list of HTML and CSS topics described in this Guide to make sure you haven't overlooked anything important.

It's also a good moment to learn a bit about Developer Tools, which all major browsers offer. With these tools you'll be able to inspect your work and understand what's really happening when the browser uses your files.

But none of that is much fun if you can't share, so you'll also release a website on the web using a service such Surge or Github Pages. With this knowledge it will be possible to make all your great work publicly available for friends and potential future clients!