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A beginner-friendly web development tutorial for those new to the field.

Welcome to a beginner-friendly web development tutorial. Whether you're new to web development or just want to refresh your basics, this guide is your starting point. We'll cover essential concepts and tools, getting you ready to create your own web projects. Let's get started!

1 Introduction

The purpose of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, distinguishing between frameworks and languages, and navigating a basic website project. Read more >>

2 Web Page Basics

The framework for every webpage on the Internet, including essential HTML components such as headings, paragraphs, lists, and more. Read more >>

3 Images and Links

Connecting to other pages, referencing them using absolute, relative, and root-relative paths, inserting images, and adding final touches to our foundational web page structure. Read more >>

4 Hi, CSS!

Incorporating a stylesheet, applying CSS properties to style HTML elements comprehensively, choosing various elements, and reusing styles across multiple web pages. Read more >>

5 Box Model

Block elements, inline elements, padding, borders, margins, sizing, and an initial look at how aesthetically pleasing websites are constructed using these elements. Read more >>

6 CSS Selectors

Class selectors, descendant selectors, enhanced <div> elements, styling links using pseudo-classes, and the drawbacks of using ID selectors. Read more >>

7 Floats

An overview of CSS float-based layouts, managing the horizontal page flow, clearing floats, and addressing overflow issues. Read more >>

8 FlexBox

Comparing flex containers and flex items, aligning both vertically and horizontally, distributing content, handling wrapping, reordering elements, and creating contemporary CSS layouts. Read more >>

9 Advanced Positioning

Exploring static, relative, absolute, and fixed positioning, creating dropdown menus, understanding the z-index property, and diving into advanced CSS techniques that will enhance your skills. Read more >>

10 Responsive Design

Utilizing media queries for managing when CSS rules take effect, adopting a mobile-first approach to development, and implementing measures to disable viewport zoom. Read more >>

11 Responsive Images

The challenging aspect of responsive design: addressing retina screens, creating fluid images, optimizing for various devices using srcset, and incorporating artistic direction using the <picture> element. Read more >>

12 HTML Semantics

The document's structure, including articles, sections, navigation elements, headers, footers, asides, figures, and additional techniques to enhance the informativeness of your HTML markup. Read more >>

13 HTML Forms

Creating frontend forms, which involves the HTML for generating text fields, radio buttons, dropdown menus, checkboxes, and buttons, alongside the CSS for customizing their appearance. Read more >>

14 Online Typography

Locating web fonts, deciding between local and external hosting, managing multiple font styles, and fundamental typography concepts such as text alignment, line spacing, and line length. Read more >>