HTML Introduction
- HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, it is the foundation of creating webpages
- HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
- HTML defines the structure of a Web page and tells a web browser how to display content
- HTML consists of a set of tags and attributes used to define the webpage
- Example: text, images, links, forms, frames, and more
- Easy to understand, Easy to code, and simple structures to create webpages
- This Tutorial follows the latest version of HTML5 to keep you updated
HISTORY
- Created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989
- The first version of HTML i.e., HTML 1.0 was released in 1991
- A subsequent version was released in 1995 HTML 2.0, 1997 HTML 3.2 and 4.0, 1999 HTML 4.01, and many more
- The latest version of HTML5 was released in 2014
- It's constantly growing and adapting to meet the demands of the ever-changing web
- Check the table below for how HTML has evolved
S.No
Year
Version
Description
1
1991
HTML 1.0
Basic markup for linking documents on the web
2
1995
HTML 2.0
Introduced tables, forms, and basic scripting
3
1997
HTML 3.2
Added applet support and improved tables
4
1997
HTML 4.0
Introduced CSS, frames, and advanced scripting
5
1999
HTML 4.01
Bug fixes and clarifications to HTML 4.0
6
2000
XHTML
HTML reformulated with XML syntax
7
2014
HTML5
Major revision with multimedia support, canvas, and more
HTML Structure
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Heading 1</h1>
<p>Paragraph text</p>
</body>
</html>
- <!DOCTYPE html> - It is a declaration that defines a document as an HTML5 document.
- <html> - It is the root of an HTML Page.
- <head> - Under the element it contains the meta-information about the HTML page, stylesheets, and scripts.
- <title> - It specifies the title of the page.
- <body> - The main content of the page where we include text, links, images, forms, and more. And many tags are used in html some of them are <h1>, <p>, <a>, <img>. Get to know about the Basic tags
HTML Elements
HTML Elements define the characteristics of Content to perform on an HTML page. They are mainly used in the body section of the html page.
For Example:
- <h1> - Defines the content as heading
- <p> - Defines the content as Paragraph
- <i> - Defines the content as Italic
- <span> - Defines the content as normal without any line break
Similarly, there are many elements.
Each element has a tag name with a start tag and an end tag. But for some tags, there is no end tag.
Start Tag
Example
End Tag
<hr>
Hi I am Breaked with a line
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Note: HTML Elements can be represented in small or large case letters like <h1> and <H1>. They are not case-sensitive.
Don't Skip the End tag. If so the content may get changed as the characteristics of the unclosed tag will get applied to all elements next to it.
The <!DOCTYPE> Declaration
It is a declaration that defines a document as an HTML5 document
It must only appear once in a document and at the top of the page i.e., before any HTML tags
The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is not case-sensitive which means even if you don't keep the browser will automatically detect and keeps the declaration.
<!DOCTYPE html> <!--DOCTYPE HTML Declaration-->
<html>
<head>
<title>DOCTYPE html</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Doctype Declaration is not case sensitive</h1>
<p>It defines a document as a HTML5 document.</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML Editors
Text editors: Text editors are basic programs that allow you to edit and save HTML code using plain text. Some popular text editors for HTML include Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (Mac), and Sublime Text.
IDEs: Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are comprehensive software applications that provide advanced editing and debugging tools for web development. These programs often include code editors, project management tools,
and debugging and testing features. Popular HTML IDEs include Visual Studio Code, NetBeans, and Eclipse.
Online editors: Online HTML editors allow you to create and edit HTML documents directly in your web browser, without having to install any software on your computer. Try out your HTML code here with our
online compiler.
Web Browsers
- Web Browsers are used to read HTML Documents.
- They display the HTML Documents correctly either from local files or by website. Some Web Browsers are Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, etc
- They do not show the code of the HTML Documents, It compiles and displays in a visual format(output)
- You can view the code, inspect it, modify the code locally, and see the changes
- HTML Editors use Web Browsers to show the Output
Quick Recap - Topics Covered
Introduction and history of HTML
HTML stands for
Hyper Text Markup Language. Created by
Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. A standard markup language for creating Web pages. it defines the structure of a Web page. The first version of HTML i.e., HTML 1.0 was released in 1991 and the latest version HTML5 was released in 2014.
Structure of HTML
The structure of an HTML page has the following elements:
- <!DOCTYPE>
- <html>
- <head>
- <title>
- <body>
This elements are used to form a html page.
There are many tags that are used in html some of them are <h1>, <p>, <a>, <img>.
The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration
The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration specifies that the document is an HTML5 document. It must appear at the top of the page before any other HTML tags and is not case-sensitive.
HTML Editors
HTML Editors are used to compile the html code. There many editors like
Text editors like Windows (Notepad) & TextEdit (Mac),
IDEs: Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, NetBeans, and Eclipse,
Online editors We provide an online editor to compile your codes easily with many features.
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Practice With Examples in Compilers
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