Web development is now easy with html5, javascript, CSS

Do you want to become a web developer, but those lines of codes give you nightmares? Well, coding may not be a child’s play, but it is not so hard either. With time and practice, you can master any programming languages and can build a website from scratch! You are essentially learning a new language to interact with your web browser and tell it what to do - that is one of the reasons why these are called programming languages. Like other human languages, software language also has some set of rules and syntax that you have to follow so that your web browser can understand your instructions and carry them out as you intended it to. Think of it as learning a new language that does not require you to speak, but only to code. This way, it seems a lot less intimidating, does it not? Edufic Digital introduces you to three of the basic and most important programming languages in use today - HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

An introduction to HTML

HTML is the most basic of all the programming languages and also the least complex. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, so it is essentially a markup language and not exactly a programming language. It is used to identify the content of a webpage and wrap it up in tags, to ensure that the web page content is displayed in the way the developers intended it to - that is with HTML you can add headers, subheads, line breaks, add images, add special characters, emphasize fonts, create paragraphs and etc. HTML forms the front end of every web page on the internet, and it dictates the layout or the structure of a web page. It is compulsory for you to learn HTML if you wish to become a web professional. HTML was the very first web language developed and was the only one used in the early 1990s.

An introduction to CSS

Do you remember the old boring basic HTML websites of The 1990s? Cut to the late 1990s and early 200s - the websites looked prettier and had really great animations to catch the visitor’s eyes. It was all thanks to CSS that was released no earlier than 1995. CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets, and as the name suggests, this programming language enhances and stylizes what HTML has already done. CSS is responsible for the look and the feel of a website or a web page. It is CSS that makes a website flexible and responsive.  With CSS, you can add background images, games, and colors.

An introduction to Javascript

Javascript is one of the most widely used programming languages now. You will find javascript on every web page. Although it is more complex than HTML and CSS, this programming language is of extreme importance when it comes to creating web pages as it enhances the functionality of the site. In simpler words, you can create interactive websites with JAvascript. Released in 1995, the language is used today to add a call to actions, pop-ups, animations, confirmation boxes, games, create security passwords and also to build mobile apps. Edufic Digital encourages you to learn javascript despite it being more difficult than HTML and CSS.

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