Course Description

This course was created by Lighthouse Labs to introduce you to the basics of coding. HTML and CSS are just the beginning - there is a world of resources and avenues available for you to grow your digital literacy. Learning to code is more accessible than ever, whether it's learning in person, online, or a little bit of both, there are endless ways you can expand your knowledge.

Want to learn further about HTML and CSS? Discover our web development course.

Web Developer

Maggie Moss

The curriculum for this course was created by Maggie Moss. Maggie was part of our rockstar January cohort in Vancouver, and now she's passing on that knowledge to our students in as the instructor for our Intro to Web Development course in Toronto. She currently works as a Rails developer @ShopStorm.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Introduction

    • Who Are We?

    • What Can You Create?

    • Get Started

  • 2

    Intro to HTML

    • HTML

    • Image Tags

    • Text Tags

    • Creating Lists

    • Creating Links

    • Structuring Your Pages

    • Debugging

  • 3

    Intro to CSS

    • Cascading Style Sheets

    • Selectors, Classes & IDs

    • Fonts

    • Colours

    • Margins & Padding

    • Specificity

    • Positioning

    • Debugging

  • 4

    Practice Your Skills

    • Tutorial: Building A Webpage 🛠

    • Words Of Wis-Don

  • 5

    Keep Learning!

    • Lighthouse Labs Prep Course

    • Additional Resources

Reviews

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thx for uploading it

susy t

great resources for open learning!

great resources for open learning!

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Confirmed - Maggie Moss is a rockstar!

Lisa Rogalsky

• The static screen slides were amazing for a self-paced tutorial. As an older learner, I was proud to finish this section in 2 hours. • Maggie described ce...

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• The static screen slides were amazing for a self-paced tutorial. As an older learner, I was proud to finish this section in 2 hours. • Maggie described certain coding concepts in a different way than I'd heard at other workshops; her teaching style really helped me to gain a better understanding of "why". • The first video tutorial by Andrew was very straightforward and easy to follow. The second video tutorial seemed to "jump around" on-screen - a bit less organized, but still helpful. • Andrew's fast scrolling and rapid retyping made it more challenging for me to focus on the content. I realize this is due to his proficiency on the subject - but it became harder to follow.

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Geoffrey Cwiklewich

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Ariana Mirus

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Super Helpful Course!

Mohammad Moravvej

Really liked how the course materials were structured and presented! Instructions were to the point and made learning HTML look easy! Thank you!

Really liked how the course materials were structured and presented! Instructions were to the point and made learning HTML look easy! Thank you!

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Great beginner's look at HTML & CSS!

Nadine Sandhu

Very clearly and simply presented. I loved the pace and explanations throughout along with the projects assigned. Definitely worth the few hours it takes ...

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Very clearly and simply presented. I loved the pace and explanations throughout along with the projects assigned. Definitely worth the few hours it takes to complete. I'm looking forward to learning more with Lighthouse Labs!

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Fantastic

Jonatas Gomes Alves

Thank you guys!

Thank you guys!

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Great Intro!

Casey Scott

This was a great intro to HTML & CSS - really thorough, and comprehensive enough to get started programming a website.

This was a great intro to HTML & CSS - really thorough, and comprehensive enough to get started programming a website.

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Very good crash course in HTML and CSS

Delmarie Bancud

I find the material very useful and establishes the guide in basic HTML and CSS. The items are organized and the exercise at the end of the day is very help...

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I find the material very useful and establishes the guide in basic HTML and CSS. The items are organized and the exercise at the end of the day is very helpful.

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Review of HTML&CSS Essentials

Brandon Wong

I've already taken a post-secondary course on this subject and this was a great refresher for me and was more helpful than the material presented in class in...

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I've already taken a post-secondary course on this subject and this was a great refresher for me and was more helpful than the material presented in class in college.

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The Human Version of HTML & CSS Essentials

AN CHEN HUANG

Thank you Maggie! You are an amazing human being for creating this HTML & CSS essentials. Lighthouse Lab and Maggie have definitely achieved the purpose ...

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Thank you Maggie! You are an amazing human being for creating this HTML & CSS essentials. Lighthouse Lab and Maggie have definitely achieved the purpose of introducing beginners to the basics of coding. The "practice your skill" section was a great addition, especially after learning the basic fundamentals of HTML & CSS. Can't wait to dig into Javascript essentials!

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Matt Wong

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renata vieira

Basic , but so clear.

Basic , but so clear.

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Ross Haleliuk

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Benjamin Roberts

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Amazing course for beginners!

James Y.

Whether you're preparing for iOS development or javascript, this should be your first step to start with. It gets you accustomed with a code editor and, teac...

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Whether you're preparing for iOS development or javascript, this should be your first step to start with. It gets you accustomed with a code editor and, teaches programming basics. From there you can transition into Objective-C Javascript or iOS development. This course took me approximately, half a day, I learned everything I would need to program a complete website. I urge you not to overlook this course!

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Andre Bomfim

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Great!

Alexandra Kmieciak

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Good pace and easy to understand

Diane Huang

Thanks for this course! I enjoyed it a lot and have learned more about HTML and CSS. I was very nervous about coding something from scratch but I think compl...

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Thanks for this course! I enjoyed it a lot and have learned more about HTML and CSS. I was very nervous about coding something from scratch but I think completing the practice assignments made me super confident about building my own site now! Can't wait to drink a lot of coffee and go crazy when I debug some errors :o) I also found the words of wis-don very interesting! Hope to attend some in-person workshops at Lighthouse soon. Thanks again!

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User Friendly & Easy to understand

Lea Granado

Very well explained course!

Very well explained course!

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