HTML Coding

I have always been intimidated by the mere idea of HTML coding. Some of my friends made websites from scratch with their ability to use HTML code, but I never thought it was something I could do myself. After learning the basics of how to code, I understand that it isn't actually that difficult, it just requires proper use of many details, all of which have to be perfectly correct in order for the code to work. That is one of the reasons why, despite programs like Expression Web, it is important to be able to understand code when building a website. If one simple bracket is missing in the code, the website won't look right. In troubleshooting this problem, not having to depend on a program to figure out where the problem is can save both time and money. Also, if the program happens to stop working, someone who doesn't know how to code themselves would be in a lot of trouble, whereas someone who knows even a little bit of HTML code could at least get by until the program was fixed. The way I think about it is that knowing how to use HTML code even though there are programs that do it more quickly is a lot knowing math even if you have a calculator. Calculators can work much more quickly than we can do math by hand, but the meaning of the answer is more clear if we have some idea what the calculator is doing, and if the calculator ever dies, it's important that we can do calculations on our own, as well. It's important not to get dependent on machines, lest we ourselves become incapable doing of simple things we should have no problem doing, and HTML coding is no exception.