Introduction

What is HTML?

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML is not a programming language but a Markup Language
• HTML is used for creating Web pages
• HTML defines the meaning and structure of web content.
• HTML tell the browser how to display the content
• HTML consists of a series of elements
• Latest Version is HTML 5
• Hypertext refers to links that connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites.
• HTML uses markup to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser.

Software Requirements

• A text editor to write code. Eg Notepad, Notepad++, Sublime, Visual Studio Code
• Web browser to test code. Eg Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox

Creating HTML file

• Html file is saved with .html or .htm extension

Resources

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML
• https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

Basics

• HTML consists of elements

Elements

• An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag

Syntax <tagname> Content goes here... </tagname>

Example <p>sample text</p> <p> is the opening tag </p> is the closing tag sample text is the content

Attributes

Attributes provide additional information about elements <meta charset="utf-8">