What is coding?

By Tony 2023.2.11

Coding, or programming, is a skill that makes you control computers and tell them what you want them to do. (This website is made by lines of code, too!)

There are many different programming languages, each specified for different tasks. Here are some for web development:

  • HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) can make a website's contents and structures.
  • CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can make a website look better
  • JavaScript can make a website calculate things, respond to users, and other "smart" things
Coding Image
An example of some HTML markup code.

Coding can improve your logical thinking skill. Having a clear, logical, and understandable structure of codes is really important.

It also trains your patience. You will experience bugs very often. Having a patience to debug again and again and review your code again and again is also important.

Summary:
Coding is a very important skill to learn in the 21 st century. People code to control computers to do diffrent things. There are different kinds of coding language, each specified on different tasks.