Learning to build websites helps you take full advantage of the dominant medium of our time.
You don’t have to become a full-time developer. Even moderate skill can give you more control over what you create, how quickly you can change it, and what you have to pay others to do.
Expression
Develop the tools to share, explain, or sell anything important to you.
Collaboration
If you work with web developers, understanding the basics makes it easier to explain what you want and understand what they tell you.
AI
AI can write code for you, but understanding the basics helps you ask for what you want, recognize bad output, and fix what doesn’t work.
Speed
Once you have moderate skill, it can be faster to code a simple site by hand than to force a template or website builder to do something it wasn’t made to do.
Cost
Moderate skill with web coding can save you a lot of money. Paying someone for every update, landing page, or email template adds up quickly.
Income
You can make a living building websites or use the skill as part of work in design, marketing, content, or product development.
When you’re ready to begin, move on to the Concepts section or start with the HTML lessons.