U20 P1 HTML VS CSS

CSS vs HTML

Introduction

This document is going to describe how HTML and CSS is used in the role of developing of a site. I will explain what HTML is and how it used when developing a site. I am also going to explain what CSS is and how it is used effectively by web developers. To conclude, I am going to make comparisons between the two site development languages.

HTML

HTML is the generic writing language used for web development it stands for Hyper-text Mark-up Language. HTML it is used to develop web pages. The language helps with the building/creating of the web page. Web developers use HTML for web page creation. Tags such as external links, headings, subheadings and paragraphs are used for specific reasons. The HTML language structure is clearly specified on how to build/create a webpage. HTML helps specifically with the overall structure of the webpage.

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets is a language that is responsible for the presentation of the output of the web page. CSS simply makes the web page easier to understand because it allows a developer to make something bold and to position content on the web page. The language also supports the changing of text colour in order for the web page to look appealing. It helps for the formatting of text.

HTML and CSS are used by developers to make the webpages that they create look more presentable and it promotes the ease of use. CSS helps the development stage easier as you can easily apply a presentation all throughout the script without having to type the CSS code in again. This saves time for the developers.

Comparison and Contrast

The difference between HTML and CSS is that CSS focuses on the styling and the formatting of the webpage. This language mainly works on the styling and the overall look of the webpage that is being developed. The main difference between CSS and HTML is that CSS focuses on features such as font size, font colour, and font type and page layout. CSS cannot be used effectively if HTML is not used to structure the webpage that is being developed so CSS is dependent on HTML.

While HTML is the back bone of the web page that allows developers to structure the web pages in a professional format. HTML will be needed by developers when it is time to input messages, text, videos and website links. The main difference is that HTML is the base of the webpage while CSS is used for the presentation.

Another difference is that HTML allows the developer to make some mistakes when writing the script for the webpage. The HTML will still work if the developer forgets to close some tags but with CSS it doesn’t really give the developer any room to make mistakes.

 

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