Turning Learners into Developers
- HTML Introduction
HTML Stands for HyperText Markup Language
Hyper
- Refers to the ability to link different web pages together
- Enables navigation using links (click and jump)
Text
- Refers to the content of a webpage
- Includes words, paragraphs, headings, etc.
Markup
- Means adding tags or symbols to text
- Defines the structure and presentation of content
Language
- A system of rules used to communicate with computers
- HTML uses a specific syntax to create web pages
- What is HTML?
- HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language used to create web pages.
- It structures content like text, images, links, forms, and videos.
- HTML uses tags and elements to display content in a browser.
- It is not a programming language, but a markup language.
- Web browsers read HTML code and render it as a webpage.
What is Markup?
- Markup means adding special symbols or tags to text to define its structure and presentation.
- These tags tell the browser how to display the content.
<p>This is a paragraph</p>Here, <p> is a tag that marks the text as a paragraph.
HTML Tags
- HTML tags are special keywords written inside
- They define how content should be displayed
- Most tags come in pairs: opening tag and closing tag
HTML Elements
- An HTML element includes the opening tag + content + closing tag
- It represents a complete part of a webpage
- Most tags come in pairs: opening tag and closing tag
<p>This is a paragraph</p>The whole line is an HTML element, while <p> is a tag
- Why Learn HTML?
- HTML is the foundation of all websites
- Essential for web development (frontend & backend)
- Easy to learn and beginner-friendly
- Required before learning CSS and JavaScript
- Helps build websites, blogs, and web apps
- Used in almost every tech industry
- History and Creator of HTML
- HTML was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991
- He developed HTML while working at CERN(European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- First Web Browser:
- The first web browser was also created by Tim Berners-Lee
- It was called WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus)
- It was used to view and edit web pages
- Evolution of HTML:
- HTML 1.0 → Basic version
- HTML 2.0 → Standardization
- HTML 4.01 → Advanced features
- HTML5 → Latest version (used today)
