Hi, I'm Nick.

Welcome to Treehouse, the best way to learn technology skills like how to make

websites and build mobile apps.

We can even help you land your dream job.

If you've never written code or programmed computers before, don't worry,

you're in the right place.

I want to show you step by step what it's like to learn on Treehouse, and

how you can start making your own custom web page.

Every web page uses HyperText Markup Language, or HTML.

That sounds a little complicated, but it just means that HTML is a way of creating

content like text and images that can be connected together using links,

which usually look like blue underlined text.

Let's take a look at an example.

Here, I have what's a called a text editor.

This is a special type of app where you can write your code.

Treehouse includes a text editor called Workspaces

that makes it easy to get started.

Inside my text editor I have a file open with some text.

There's a header and there's a paragraph.

Earlier I said HTML is a markup language.

That means that we can use it to enhance this text and mark it up,

just like a teacher or a copy editor might give you notes on an assignment.

Let's tell the computer that this first line of text

is a header by using what are called HTML tags.

First, we'll type an opening angle bracket, followed by the letter h,

and then the number one, and then a closing angle bracket.

The number one just means that this is the most important header on the page.

If we wanted to have additional subheaders like you might see in a magazine or

a newspaper, we can use an h2 or h3 for second and third level headers.

Now, we also need to tell the computer where this header ends.

So we need to add a closing tag.

We just have to type the same thing, but we need to include a forward slash.

And then Workspaces will automatically complete this for me.

Together this pair of opening and closing tags form what's called an HTML element.

Let's create one more element for our paragraph.

We just need an opening paragraph tag, which is the letter p,

and then a closing paragraph tag.

And that's it.

Here's what our website looks like so far.

With Treehouse you can take your knowledge further and learn how to add images and

other design elements to create web pages like this one.

A big part of Treehouse is practicing what you've learned.

In just a moment you'll have a chance to test your knowledge and

type some code on your own.

When you're done, you can sign up for a free two week trial and keep learning.