Learning HTML was my first introduction to web development, and it felt like uncovering a secret world behind every website I’d ever visited. I started by understanding the structure of a web page — divs, headings, paragraphs, links — and slowly began to see how the things I’d been clicking on my whole life were actually built.
Using W3Schools, I learned how to create a simple webpage from scratch. Writing my first <h1> tag felt monumental in a way that’s hard to explain. I was building something. The ability to structure information and then layer styling on top of it with CSS made it even more exciting — I could see results immediately, right there in the browser.
Creating a personal homepage was my first real project. I included my favourite hobbies, a photo gallery, and links to my social media. Seeing my creation load in a browser was thrilling in a way that I still remember clearly. I experimented with different styles, colours, layouts — each change teaching me something new about how visual decisions translate into code.
As I continued, I learned about semantic HTML and accessibility, which deepened my appreciation for crafting user-friendly websites. I also realised that HTML was just the beginning — it opened the door to CSS and JavaScript, and from there, a much bigger world of web development that I’m still exploring.