When I first started learning web development,I started with HTML, CSS before moving on to JavaScript. After few weeks of learning Js, I wrote down my thoughts on each of the big three: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Looking back, it’s interesting to see how my understanding has evolved.
HTML
I actually think HTML is used for the main page. For me, it is what makes up the page—what you can see. That’s all I thought HTML did.
CSS
As the name implies—Cascading Style Sheets—CSS is used to style the page, give it shape, color, and style. I imagined anything related to decoration, animations, transitions, and transformations was all CSS.
JavaScript
JavaScript is the big daddy. I see it as the tool for manipulation, making the page respond to different events like loading and clicking. It feels like there’s a god controlling the page somewhere when JavaScript is involved. JavaScript is flexible, versatile, and dynamic.
I copied all these exactly from my journal. This was just a few weeks after I started learning JavaScript. I wanted to be able to differentiate between the big three, and I guess my view of them still applies even now!
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