HTML for beginners

Published: Wednesday 02 Sep 2026
Updated: Monday 12 Oct 2026
Tommy Borgenfalk Skott
Developer && UI/UX Designer

In this beginners tutorial, we will cover the most useful bits and bolts, when learning to code your first website. We will focus on coding semantic HTML, to make sure that you’ll learn to use the correct HTML tag for the right case!

We’ll release new chapters until this tutorial is complete. The different chapters can be found in the navigation to the left or beneath the main content, if you’re browsing on your phone.

Preparations

To be able to start coding, we’ll need an application for editing text and code. A simple text/code editor will get you far! Below you’ll find a few popular code editing softwares. We will be using Visual Studio Code for macOS but you can use whatever code editor you’d like, on your favorite operating system.

Go to the next chapter in the menu to the left, or below if you’re on a small screen.

Let’s get started…!