Boole 2014
A good start on your journey to world domination through computer programming might be to learn to use the programming language called HTML. This is the language which is typically used to build websites. Just like this website! Gasp! HTML doesn't require any special software to learn or to even to test out your html creations. If you can read this sentence you have all you need to get started.
Lesson 1: Hello World!
Step 1. Find a space on your desktop (or in a folder somewhere) and Right-Click and select "New" and then select "Text Document". (Note: these instructions are for a windows computer)
Step 2. Give this text file a name you are happy with. For example you could name it "yourname_html_lesson1.txt" or whatever name you like.
Step 3. Open up this file and type the following 3, yes that's right, just 3 lines of code we will have a very simple functioning website ready to take on the world.
Type the three lines of code just as you see them below, into your blank text file.
<html>
Hello World!
</html>
Step 4. Go to the File Menu and select "Save As..."
Step 5. Save the file as an html file. For example you could call it "yourname_html_lesson1.html"
Step 6. Mentally prepare yourself for Step 7. Take a deep breath.
Step 7. Double click on your new .html file and your website should open in the default browser window!
If that worked and you are ready to move on to slightly more complicated stuff, you can move on to HTML Lesson 2!