CSS Getting Started

Time to Add Some Frosting!

After HTML, CSS is the most common programming language on the internet, and can be the most exciting when you delve into the more advanced side of things.

Think of HTML as your cupcake base - it’s essential and gives you structure, but it’s pretty plain on its own. CSS is like the frosting, sprinkles, and decorative touches that transform that simple cupcake into something absolutely irresistible!

Typically CSS is used to change the look and feel of a website: colours, fonts, sizes, layout, how and where things appear on the page. But as CSS gets bigger and better, you can even use it to animate elements on your webpage - think of it as adding those special sparkly sprinkles that catch the light just right.

What You’ll Learn to Add to Your Cupcakes:

The Perfect Frosting - Colors and backgrounds that make your pages delicious to look at
Beautiful Decorations - Typography choices that are as carefully selected as cake toppers
Artful Arrangement - Layout techniques to present your content like a perfect bakery display
Special Touches - Borders, shadows, and spacing that add those final professional details
The Wow Factor - Positioning elements exactly where they’ll have the most impact

By the end of this section, you’ll be able to take any plain HTML page and transform it into something that looks like it came from the finest web design bakery. Your friends will be asking for the recipe!

Ready to get your hands a little messy and create something beautiful?