Day 1
Coder Dojo is a global network of free programming clubs for young people.
We are the Camarillo Library branch.
I am currently a sophomore in high school. I have taken several computer science courses and I am passionate about coding. I will be helping you get on your feet with web development!
This is my dad. He works as an IT Manager, and deals with web development and cloud computing. He'll help those who have done this class before.
We will build up our personal website. Here are how the four days will go:
It shouldn't do your thinking, otherwise you won't understand what's happening.
But you should be aware it exists, one day you will use it as a tool.
For now, limit your use, and try not to use it at all. If you absolutely need help and we aren't there, ask it for help without making it do your work.
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating web pages.
Basically, we use it to structure our content.
Let's see the code in action!
Can you recall the parts of the Hello World web page?
You'll want to sign in here, and follow my steps.
Each HTML tag has an opening tag and a closing tag.
The opening tag is written like this: <tagname>
The closing tag is written like this: </tagname>
So how do I make a tag?
There are 6 different headings:
What are the other 3?
The paragraph tag is used to define a paragraph.
There are 2 kinds of lists: