Why You'll Make It

Even if you aren't interested in building web pages, this project will be an important foundational learning experience for any programming you want to do in the future. From this stage, you will:

• Get an introduction to important ideas throughout all of programming like:
  • What it means to "write code"
  • Why programmers hate unnecessary repetition
  • How the code that programmers write can have structure and how computers read and understand that structure
  • The importance (and pain) of syntax requirements
• Build comfort with programming tools before learning a more powerful (and potentially challenging) programming language
• Experience the thrill of writing code to tell a computer what to do and then watching the computer actually do it

How You'll Make It

1. Go through the following lessons on HTML and CSS.
2. As you go through these lessons, you may want to take notes (on paper, on a computer, anywhere).
3. After each lesson, you'll see a Work Session, during which you'll work on your project for this stage. In the Supporting Material below, you'll find a zip file containing starter files to help you get started.
4. By the end, you'll have your very own personal webpage.