Let’s Talk About Webpages
Picture this:
You go to Google, type in Scarlett Johansson, and click on her Wikipedia page. Now take a second and look at what’s on that screen.
- At the top, there’s a big title with her name.
- On the right, there’s a photo.
- In the middle, you see a bunch of paragraphs about her life and career.
- There’s a small box with quick facts like when she was born, where she’s from.
- And on the left, there’s a menu with links to different sections.
- Some buttons let you switch languages or turn on dark mode.
It’s all clean and organized. Every part has its place.
So How Does That All Happen?
It’s not magic. A webpage is made up of a few different layers that each do a specific job.
Let’s break it down.
First, there’s the content
That’s the stuff you see: the text, the images, the links.
The title “Scarlett Johansson”? The paragraphs? That photo?
All of that is written in something called HTML.
Think of HTML like the building blocks of a page. It tells the browser:
“Hey, this part is a heading. This one’s a paragraph. That’s an image over there.”
We’ll start by learning this part, because without content, there’s nothing to style or make interactive.
🔵 Next, there’s the design
Now look at how everything is arranged and styled. The font size, the colors, the layout, with the main content in the center, a quick info box on one side, and a table of contents on the other.
That’s handled by something called CSS.
If HTML is the structure, CSS is what makes it look nice.
Like putting clothes on a mannequin, same shape but very different vibe.
🟢 Finally, there’s the interactivity
Now try clicking something. Maybe that “Dark Mode” toggle, and the whole page goes dark. Or click “Edit” and suddenly you’re typing right into the page.
That’s not HTML or CSS, that’s JavaScript.
This is what handles the “when I do this, make that happen” kind of stuff.
🔄 So to sum it up:
HTML is what you see, the words, images, and structure.
CSS is how it looks, the colors, layout, and styling.
JavaScript is how it works, the stuff that responds when you click or type.
🏁 Where We’re Starting
Before anything can look cool or respond when you click on it, it needs to exist.
That’s what HTML does. It’s the starting point, the base layer every website is built on.
Here’s what we’ll do together:
- Add a heading so your page has a title
- Write a few paragraphs of text
- Drop in an image
- Make a link people can click
- And then open it in a browser so you can actually see your work come alive
By the time we’re done, you’ll have built your very first webpage.
It won’t be super fancy yet, but it’s the same kind of structure that sits underneath every big site out there, even that long Scarlett Johansson Wikipedia page.
Let’s begin with the foundation.
👉 Now let’s set up basic HTML in Notepad and start coding.
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