One goal that some people have is to make a whole website with just notepad. Notepad is a simple text editor that comes with Windows. This is found in the accessories folder when looking in your start menu. Technically this can be done with any simple text editor as it's the exact same process.

Why would someone want to make a website with just notepad?

There is a bit of a challenge to see if you can code your own site by hand. There is a simplicity to doing everything on your own. Some don't like how the code is messy when using an HTML editor. It's not necessarily done for the speed.

What do you need to do this?

You will need a text editor like notepad. You will also need a hosting account somewhere and know how to work with an FTP client as well. This will let you upload the pages you make.

You need to learn basic HTML. This is the language you are going to use to write your site and make it appear properly when uploaded to the internet.

Be sure to look up HTML on the internet if you get in trouble. There are specific pieces of code that you aren't going to know unless you look it up. Just keep a handy guide on hand just in case you can't remember your HTML.

When you write your files, you can't save them as text files. This won't show up properly on the internet. You need save your files as "html" or "htm". This will keep them in the format that you need to have everything in.

Check for any errors on your coding by opening your saved HTML files in a browser. You will see your changes as you refresh your browser to see what is different now.