How Long Does It Take To Learn HTML & CSS?

16th December 2022

The short answer is - I don’t know. The long answer is:

I don’t know how long it takes to learn both because I haven’t learnt them both myself. CSS is vast and full of intricate and obscure pieces. If the constant introduction of updates and added features are included, I wonder if anyone apart from Kevin Powell has fully learned CSS.

I think the question I and anyone else who is considering learning HTML and CSS (and anything in life really) should be asking instead is: How long will it take me to learn enough HTML and CSS to build/make or be able to do …………….?

I will leave it up to you to fill in the blank space. My goal was to learn enough to build a website. There were no details on quality, perfection or even a time scale, which is just as well because my first few attempts were awful and even now (December 2022), I have not completed the site or am I close to being skillful enough to be able to add all the additional features I wish to.

I think I launched the Learning To Code After Forty site in May 2022 which was the eighth month of my learning journey. Looking back on it, I could have achieved my goal in a much shorter time frame had I just focused on the components that were needed to build a basic site, rather than covering all the basics for three months before attempting any projects such as a landing page or website.

At the time I had no idea what was needed to achieve my goal and so it was possibly not the most efficient of processes. Hence why I decided to document the route I took, so that anyone reading it can learn from my journey and tailor their learning.

In my opinion, I would set a goal and learn enough to achieve that goal. Make these small achievable chunks rather than a whole project and then see if you can piece them together to make the larger picture. How you go about doing that is up to you.

Thanks for reading

LTCAF