Your First HTML Tag

Objectives

1. Code an h1 tag in index.html
2. Set the inner text of the h1 to Hello, World!

Instructions

In this lab, we're going to create our first HTML tags. We'll be working in the index.html file within this repository, so go ahead and open the file in your text editor to get started.

Deliverables

• Add an h1 tag inside index.html
• Inside the h1 tag, add Hello, World! as the inner text

You can run the tests with this lab via learn. Make sure you save the file before running the test suite. Failing tests will provide helpful error messages that you can use to debug your code — read them closely for hints!

Viewing your work in the browser

Remember, your general workflow should center on writing code in the text editor and periodically running the test suite in the terminal to check your work.

Another great way to track your progress is to open up the HTML document in your browser and watch how each change you make in the text editor affects the visual layout in the browser.

To do this while using learn.co and the in-browser IDE, in the IDE terminal, run httpserver. In the terminal, you will see a message similar to:

Your server is running at 174.138.35.103:55323

Copy the entire string of numbers, open a new tab and paste the numbers in. Your index.html file will appear (make sure there is content in the file, otherwise it will show up blank!).

If you're using a local development environment, you can open the HTML file directly in your browser. If you're coding in the Learn IDE, check out this Help Center article that explains how to spin up and connect to a simple remote server.

Once you have the HTML document open in your browser, you can make changes to it in the text editor, save the file, refresh the page in the browser, and see the changes instantly!

Walkthrough

Don't watch this video if you want to try to solve it first yourself, but if you're stuck, here's me walking you through how this works.

Solving the First HTML Lab

Resources

• h1-h6 Tags

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