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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Root-relative Paths

karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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ROOT RELATIVE PATH i did not understand a single bit of this video can somebody please help

I di not understand anything of this video Root Relative Path. What's a server and what is happening what to do with console and where do i get the console? what happened? They did not mention we have to have basic knowledge about this? Can somebody please help me and the website in the teacher's note it got me to some website about python with local host and stuff

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Mekye Williams
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No, I wouldn't worry about it. It's of-course going to be helpful to know but for the purpose of this lesson no. I think they're trying to introduce the concept of accessing paths in your code. Glad I could help!

Mekye Williams
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I think the focus here is on the use of Root-relative paths. I wouldn't worry about the command console for THIS video tbh. The ROOT-RELATIVE PATH I think of as a shortcut developers can use to access directories from links in our HTML. The "/" indicates the root folder followed by that directory or file's name, giving us direct access to the located content. This is useful when for working on websites with servers or a local server while testing. Hope this helps and makes sense.

karan Badhwar
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Yes thankyou so much it helps alot. I just need to ask one more thing I do not need worry about servers too right, Because i do not know about much either ?

Osman Khan
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I'm glad I wasn't alone in the confusion and that a comment helped me understand it a lil' clearer