CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet, and is generally used to create and modify styles in an HTML document. There have been different versions of CSS, but we are currently on CSS3. Nearly every page on the internet uses CSS styling. If it wasn't for CSS, webpages would be very bland, undoubtedly with plain black and white lists of information all over. CSS, along with HTML and JavaScript, are the future to the internet. Using these three languages, you can write and form your webpages nearly any way you want! When creating a website:
Many pages will also have a functioning page-behind, commonly written in an object-oriented programming language such as Visual Basic or C++. These pages may also use a language to access or modify their database, such as SQL.
CSS is a very easy and simple language to learn. Unlike some of the popular object-oriented programming languages, such as Visual Basic or Java, you probably won’t have to download any new programs to begin writing CSS style pages. CSS can be easily written using an application such as Notepad or Notepad++. You can download Notepad++ here.
If you have a Macintosh, you can also use something as simple as TextEdit or TextWrangler. You can download TextWrangler here.
Once you think you are ready, click "Next" to begin your first CSS style sheet!
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