I’m learning HTML and CSS and I feel a little overwhelmed when I write code. I’m completely self-taught prior to starting freeCodeCamp, so please be kind.
Can anyone suggest resources about how to format code so that it is readable by other people? I want to form good habits now.
Things I second-guess myself about:
When/how much to indent lines
When to write code as a single line vs a multi-line block, and where line breaks should go
When to include comments explaining code
What order to write things like html attributes and css properties in
Those are good questions. You can do a search for something like html properly formatting code and get back a lot of good information.
If you use codepen to start writing the first projects in each of the HTML, CSS and JS editors you’ll see a chevron in the upper right. When you expand them there is a link to click to format.
Codepen also has a setting you can turn on that will format on save.
If you use an IDE like VSCode, Brackets, Atom, et cetera there is usually a plug-in you can install that will format your code with a single click.
