Coding with HTML

Up until this evening I have only used Microsoft Access and made data access pages. After using the reference for my assignment this evening it definitely made a few lights come on concerning the "Behind the Scenes" work that is involved with those sites that we all know and love to visit on a regular basis. I don't even know if I can fathom the amount of work that a designer puts into a page if they program from scratch and using nothing but HTML codes. I would have to say that using these codes just tonight for a very short period of time made me go cross-eyed! It's really interesting and can be time consuming once you get in depth with the site. I am very eager to learn some of the unique codes that make text have motion, change colors, fonts, etc. I am sure the possibilities are endless with creativity!