Free online courseHTML and CSS for complete beginners

Course Description

If you want to build websites but do not know where to start, this free online course is a practical introduction to the two core technologies of the web: HTML for structure and CSS for design. You will learn how web pages are put together from the first line of code, so you can go from reading examples to confidently creating pages on your own.

You will begin with the essentials of an HTML document and quickly move into writing clean, readable markup for common page elements like headings, paragraphs, line breaks, comments, images, and links. Along the way, you will practice organizing information with lists and tables, including working with rows, columns, and spacing. You will also learn how to embed external content with iframes and how navigation can be improved using internal bookmarks, helping you think about usability from the start.

A major step toward real-world web development is collecting user input, so you will explore forms in a beginner-friendly way. You will learn when to use different controls such as text fields, radio buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns, and textareas, plus how attributes like maxlength support better data entry. You will understand what submit and reset actions do and how basic form structure fits into typical website experiences.

Once the structure is in place, you will bring your pages to life with CSS. You will learn how to apply styles, how the cascade works, and why priority matters when multiple style sheets or rules compete. You will style color, backgrounds, fonts, and text, and you will refine the look of links in different states. You will also learn the building blocks of layout and spacing with borders, padding, and margins, so elements sit where you intend and the page feels polished.

To help you move beyond copying and into problem solving, the course emphasizes selectors and how to target exactly what you want to style. You will practice working with span and div to group content and shape layouts. Finally, you will step into positioning fundamentals, learning relative, absolute, and fixed positioning so you can create simple page structures, sticky elements, and more controlled placements with confidence.

By the end, you will have a strong foundation in web development fundamentals and the vocabulary to keep learning. Whether your goal is to build a personal site, support a business project, or start a path toward a developer role, this course helps you understand how HTML and CSS work together to create websites you can be proud to share.