The Fundamentals of HTML & CSS

Every web developer starts with HTML and CSS. This guide covers the essential tags and properties to build your first static page.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are the two core technologies for building web pages. HTML provides the structure of the page, while CSS specifies its presentation. Think of HTML as the skeleton and CSS as the clothing. HTML consists of a series of elements, which you use to enclose, or wrap, different parts of the content to make it appear a certain way. For example, you might enclose some text in a `<p>` element to specify it is a paragraph. CSS is used to style those elements. You can select an HTML element (like all `<p>` tags) and apply rules to it, such as changing its color, font, size, or position on the page. Understanding the "box model" (content, padding, border, margin) and learning about selectors, properties, and values are the first steps to mastering CSS. With just HTML and CSS, you can create beautiful and responsive static websites.

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