Web developer positions are projected to grow 23 percent through 2031. Get started with no coding experience necessary and at no cost. You can learn six job-ready HTML and CSS skills needed to create and format a simple web page in under an hour.
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HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are the building blocks of a website. Incredibly versatile, these coding languages provide the foundation for a website’s text styles, colors, images, and “look and feel,” known as the theme.
Web developers, software engineers, Java developers, and other IT professionals use HTML and CSS as part of their work—and you can too!
In this hands-on guided project, you’ll learn six essential tasks using HTML and CSS to create and style a simple web page.
No previous coding experience is required, and by the end of the project, your experience with the basics of HTML and CSS will have you ready to explore their advanced features.
Your online lab environment has everything you need to get started. Also, note that this platform works best with current versions of modern browsers.
What you'll learn
After completing this project, you will be able to:
- Create a new HTML document that includes HTML metadata
- Define the body of a web page by adding a body element
- Add paragraphs and headings to a web page
- Add images, lists, tables, and links to a web page
- Use CSS to modify the font family and font size of HTML text
- Use CSS to modify the colors and apply borders to HTML elements
