Language lab · Beginner
🌐 HTML + CSS
Concept → trace → write code → run tests → explain why → improve → mini-project. Start in the browser if you like; set up your own computer when you are ready.
🧪 Runs in your browserOfficial download & docs ↗
🧪 Browser workspace
Runs in a sandbox inside your browser with a time limit: no install needed, and your code never reaches our server.
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🛠️ Set up and verify
- Install
nothing to install: use VS Code and a browser
nothing to install: use VS Code and a browser
nothing to install: use VS Code and a browser
- Editor: Visual Studio Code with Live Server (optional), axe Accessibility Linter.
- Create
index.html<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <body> <h1>Hello, GayaGnan!</h1> </body> </html>
- Run it and check the version
open index.html in your browser open index.html in your browser
- Health check: paste what your terminal printed.
Install one language at a time. These commands only install or print versions; nothing here deletes files. Versions change: check the official page and note the version you installed.
🧭 The 14-lab path
- 00 · Setup and verify — install the runtime and editor, run hello world, print the version, fix PATH
- 01 · Syntax and trace — follow each line and the value of every variable
- 02 · Logic — conditionals and decision trees
- 03 · Loops — trace tables and loop challenges
- 04 · Functions — break problems down and test each piece
- 05 · Data structures — lists, maps, stacks, queues and trees you can see
- 06 · Debugging — bug cases with a hint ladder
- 07 · Algorithms — search, sort and Big-O comparison
- 08 · Files and data — read and write fixture files
- 09 · API or database — talk to a mock API or a sandbox database
- 10 · Testing — write tests and read failing assertions
- 11 · Security — secure coding and dependency hygiene for this language 🧪 Accessible Dashboard
- 12 · Project — one portfolio mini-project
- 13 · Assessment — quiz, coding test, rubric and an explain-your-answer prompt
📚 Modules
- semantic HTML
- forms
- CSS selectors
- box model
- flexbox
- grid
- responsive design
- accessibility
- keyboard navigation
- colour and contrast
- animations with reduced motion
🏗️ Mini-projects
- Personal portfolio
- Course catalogue
- Responsive lab dashboard
Projects use synthetic data only.