Websites

The Very Basics

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The way websites are built is very interesting and complicated. What you see when you pull up a site on your computer is the result of hundreds of lines of code that work together to make a working, functional website. All these lines of code are not just in one coding language, though, but they are from several languages. There are many languages that can be used in website making, such as PHP, Ruby, and many others, but there are three main launguages used. HTML, CSS, and Javascript are the three most essencial languges for a website to have. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the structure of the page. It puts things where they are, and all the words you see on the screen are actually written in between two HTML tags. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are what style everything. They form colors, different sizes and types of font, and many, many other things. The positions of different things on a website is also determined by CSS. Javascript is what makes things move and change on a website. Almost any motion, change, or interaction a website has is made by Javascript. Al together, these are the tree languages that essencially make websites. Without HTML, there wouldn't be a website. Without CSS, it wouldn't be a very pretty site to see, and without Javascript, the website wouldn't do much but sit there and show you its content. They are very important languages.