Overview

Build your first website with confidence-step by step!In this beginner-friendly guide, you'll learn the essentials of web development using HTML and CSS, the building blocks of the web. With clear explanations, practical examples, and guided exercises, you'll move from writing your first line of code to publishing a fully functional, responsive website online.Inside this book, you will discover: How the web works (clients, servers, and the request-response cycle).The structure of HTML documents and essential elements (headings, links, images, lists, tables, and forms).The importance of semantic HTML for accessibility and SEO.CSS basics-colors, fonts, backgrounds, the box model, and positioning.Responsive web design with media queries, flexbox, and grid.A step-by-step portfolio website project you can build and publish.Exercises, mini-projects, and challenges to reinforce every chapter.By the end of this book, you'll have more than just knowledge-you'll have a live website to share with the world, plus the skills to continue your journey into PHP, JavaScript, and full-stack web development in the next books of this series.