September 2023
Beginner to intermediate
320 pages
10h 24m
English
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CHAPTER 2
Creating Your First Web Pages
In this chapter, you briefly study the anatomy of a web page before launching Visual Studio Code, configuring it, and using it to create your first web pages. You learn to add headings, text, and comments to web pages; view a page’s source code and validate HTML; and create hyperlinks between web pages.
Study the Anatomy of a Web Page
Tell Visual Studio Code Which Folder to Use
Open the Web Page in a Browser
Nest One Element Within Another Element
Understanding the Essentials of Hyperlinks
Study the Anatomy of a Web Page
In HTML, each web page has the same basic structure, no matter how simple or complex the page is.
An HTML web page starts with a DOCTYPE definition that specifies the document’s encoding type. Next comes a statement of the language used, such as lang="en" to indicate English. After that, the web page consists of a head element and a body element. The head element contains information about the document, such as the page title and the base URL for links. The body element holds the remaining content of the web page, such as headings, text, and linked media files.
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