First Thing First
So, before we can begin to explain the main components of how to build a website, we must first answer the question why you need to know these key words in the first place. To start off if you ever had an idea that website builders couldn’t help you achieve, whether that is a feature or a certain look, these core topics will give you the ability to build your site however you imagined it.
Now that we have covered one of the many reasons why it’s important, we must take a look at what these three topics are. As I am sure you have heard before, HTML, JS and CSS are key components. Well, what do these abbreviations even mean and how are they used in website building.
To start off with HTML, which means HyperText Markup Language, this is the structure of your site and what allows you to further create your vision. This building block is essential to connecting webpages together and your site being easy to edit. Without the start of this code, your site will be unorganized and a nightmare to edit.
Moving to JS, JavaScript, which is commonly the most complicated of the three. Allows for the programmer or website builder the ability to add interpreted language to enhance their HTML pages. This gives you the ability to modify content within the website and offer different behaviors based on the user’s actions.
Lastly is CSS which stands for Cascading Style Sheets. This type of code allows a programmer to take raw tools and change these such as colors of backgrounds, image alignment and font types and sizes. This gives style and life to the website you are building.
However, just because you now know what the three main items for website building doesn’t mean you can just build it and leave it. It is now your job to tweak your site to make it run smoothly and fit the style of your brand.
