Complete HTML and CSS Course Notes 🚀

Welcome to the Course

• Goals: Build websites from beginner to professional level
• End Project: Recreate YouTube.com
• No previous coding experience necessary
• Course covers HTML, CSS, and includes over 100 exercises
• Note: HTML and CSS reference provided for learning

Software Requirements

• Web Browser: Recommended Google Chrome
• Code Editor: Recommended Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Creating Your First HTML File 📝

• Folder Setup: Create a folder for your project
• Code Editor Setup: Open your folder in VS Code
• Creating HTML File: website.html
  • HTML Syntax Intro

    <button>Hello</button>
    <p>Paragraph of text</p>
    

  • Opening HTML in Browser: Open HTML file with Google Chrome
  • Text Elements: Using <button> and <p> tags
  • Tags Explanation: Opening and closing tags (<tag>Content</tag>)

HTML Attributes 🌐

• Introduction to Attributes: href for links, src for images
• Creating Links

  <a href="https://youtube.com">Link to YouTube</a>
  

• Multiple Attributes

  <a href="https://youtube.com" target="_blank">Link to YouTube</a>
  

• Syntax Rules: Importance of proper syntax to ensure code runs correctly

Developing with CSS 🎨

• CSS Basics: Styling with CSS inside <style> tags
• Common Properties
  • Background color: background-color
  • Text color: color
  • Borders: border
  • Width and height: width, height
• CSS Selectors: Targeting HTML elements to apply styles

  button {
    background-color: red;
    color: white;
  }
  

• Using External CSS: Load styles from external files for better organization

Building Projects 🏗

• Steps for Building Projects:
  1. Create HTML structure
  2. Add styles with CSS
  3. Review and refine
• Example: Button Styling

  .subscribe-button {
    background-color: red;
    color: white;
    border: none;
    height: 50px;
    width: 100px;
  }
  

• Flexbox and Grid: Understanding layout systems in CSS

Positioning HTML Elements 🧩

• CSS Position Property: Different values include static, fixed, absolute, relative
• Using Z-Index: Controlling stacking order of elements

Semantic HTML Elements 🧠

• Introduction to Semantic Tags: Example tags include <header>, <footer>, <section>, and <article>
• Importance: Enhances accessibility, SEO, and code readability

Responsive Design 📱

• Making Your Site Responsive:
  • Using media queries to adjust styles for different screen sizes

  @media (max-width: 600px) {
    .container {
      flex-direction: column;
    }
  }
  

Additional CSS Features 🌟

• Shorthand Properties: Example of simplifying multiple CSS properties into one line

  padding: 10px 15px 10px 15px; /* top right bottom left */
  border: 1px solid #000; /* width style color */
  

Final Project: Recreating YouTube.com 📺

• Project Breakdown: Learn step-by-step how to recreate the YouTube homepage layout and styling
• CSS Grid for Layouts: Use Grid for complex layouts
• Flexbox for Flexible Layouts: Ideal for aligning items
• JavaScript Integration: (Future scope) for making layout interactive

Summary and Next Steps 🎓

• Importance of Practice: Keep building and refining smaller projects
• Learn JavaScript: Recommended next step for adding interactivity to your website
  • Link to JavaScript course: JavaScript for Absolute Beginners
• Resource References: Use the provided HTML and CSS references for advanced learning and troubleshooting

Learn More

• Google Fonts: Include custom fonts from Google Fonts
• Dev Tools: Use Chrome Dev Tools for debugging and styling adjustments

Exercises 💪

• Coding Challenges: Try building other popular websites like Twitter, Instagram, etc.
• Practical Projects: Apply learned techniques to real projects

Conclusion 👏

• Technology Skills: Understanding HTML and CSS is the foundation of web development
• Practice and Learning: Continuous practice will improve your skills
• Join the Community: Engage with other learners and share your projects

Happy coding! 😊