We are now ready to begin learning how the CSS language works. If you find these features distracting, you can turn them off in the code editor’s preferences. While this support is often useful, be aware that you might generate extra code that will create errors if you’re not used to working with these support features. For Visual Studio Code, that support includes smart suggestions and auto completions. Some code editors-such as the Visual Studio Code editor that we’re using in this series-provide automatic support for writing HTML code. A Quick Note on Automatic HTML Support Features

Each time you change your code, make sure to save your file before reloading it in the browser to check your results. To troubleshoot errors, check for extra or missing spaces, missing or misspelled tags, and missing or incorrect punctuation or characters. If your HTML code is not rendering in the browser as intended, make sure you have written the code exactly. Even an extra space or mistyped character can keep your code from working as expected. Debugging and Troubleshooting CSS and HTMLīefore we get started with our HTML exercises, be aware that precision is important when writing HTML. We’ll return to this file in the tutorials ahead. You now have a project folder and file for exploring HTML. If you are using Visual Studio Code, you can create a new file by using Right Click(on Windows) or CTRL + Left Click (on Mac) on the html-practice folder, selecting “New File”, and creating the file index.html as illustrated in the gif below: We’ll use this file through the tutorial series to experiment with HTML.

Next, create a new file called index.html inside the html-practice folder. To create a new project folder in Visual Studio Code, navigate to the “File” menu item in the top menu and select “Add Folder to Workspace.” In the new window, click the “New Folder” button and create a new folder called html-practice as illustrated in the gif below: We’ll use this folder to store all the files and folders we create in the course of this tutorial series. This tutorial series uses Visual Studio Code, a free code editor available for Mac, Windows, or Linux, but you may use whichever code editor you prefer.Īfter opening your preferred text editor, open up a new project folder and name it html-practice. To explore HTML in practice and begin building an HTML website, we’ll need to set up a new project using a text editor.

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