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Posted on May 8, 2021 • Originally published at devwares.com on Jan 10, 2021

Introduction to html tutorial

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What is HTML?

HTML is the language of the web. It is very important for both building web application and web pages. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup language combined with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Javascript, it forms the basic technologies of the world wide web.

A SIMPLE HTML EXAMPLE Here is how an HTML code looks like

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>My First Heading</h1>
    <p>My first paragraph.</p>
  </body>
</html>

And here’s what the above code looks like in your web browser

breaking it down

The <DOCTYPE html> declaration defines this document to be HTML5
The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
The <head> element contains meta information about the document
The <title> element indicates a title for the document
The <body> element contains the visible page content
The <h1> element defines a large heading
The  element defines a paragraph

HTML ELEMENT

A html element contains a tag, some content and an end tag. It is basically two tags with a content in between them. my second web page 

HTML TAGS

HTML tags are element names that usually come in pairs for example . The first tag is usually enclosed in a and the closing tags have a forward slash inserted before the tag name.

WEB BROWSER

The real function of the web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge) is to read and display the HTML content correctly.

The browser does not display the tags, that would make the page really ugly but uses the tags to determine how to display the document.

HTML PAGE STRUCTURE

Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

Note the cream white part is the only content displayed on the browser.

The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration

The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration represent a document type, and helps the browser display web pages correctly. It must only appear once usually at the top of the page. It is not known to be case sensitive. For example, the HTML 5 looks like this <!DOCTYPE HTML>

HTML HISTORY

Before we continue with our lesson, we are going to look at some important history of the web page. Since its early days of the web, there have been many versions of the HTML.

Below this table is a summary of all the versions of the HTML;

version	Year
TIM BERNERS-LEE INVENTED HTML	1991
----------------------------	---------------
HTML 2.0	1995
------------------------------	---------------
HTML 3.2	1997
-----------------------------	---------------
HTML 4.0	1999
-------------------------------	---------------
XHTML 1.0	2000
-------------------------------	----------------
HTML 5	2014
------------------------------	---------------
HTML 5.1 2ND EDITION	2017
------------------------------	---------------
HTML5.2	2017
------------------------------	---------------

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Introduction to html tutorial

What is HTML?

HTML ELEMENT

HTML TAGS

WEB BROWSER

HTML PAGE STRUCTURE

The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration

HTML HISTORY

Create Stunning Websites and Web Apps

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