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WHAT ARE HTML AND CSS?

HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language) and CSS(Cascading Style Sheet) are fundamental technologies for building web pages.

HTML:

  • HTML is a markup language used to structure the content of a web page

  • It defines the various elements of a web page such as lists, pages, paragraph, image, heading, links, used a system of tags.

CSS:

  • CSS is a stylesheet language used to presentation and styling the elements of HTML tags.

  • It allows for the separation of content(HTML) from presentation(CSS). Making web development more efficient and maintainable.

  • CSS defines the various visual properties like colors, font, layout, spacing and responsiveness and transforming a raw HTML structure into visually appealing web page.

  • Styles can be applied to HTML elements using various methods

  1. Inline CSS - applied directly in individual HTML elements using the style attribute.
  2. Internal CSS - defined within the section of the HTML document using the style tag.
  3. External CSS - An external style sheet is a separate CSS file that can be accessed by creating a link within the head section of the webpage.

Conclusion
HTML gives a web page its structure, while CSS makes it look beautiful.
Together, they form the foundation of web development and are essential skills for anyone starting in front-end design or web creation.

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