Introduction To HTML

What Does HTML Stand For?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, it is simple and fun to learn.

What is HTML?

HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It is the backbone of a websites, providing the structure and content that the web browser renders to the user.

HTML is not a programming language but rather a markup language that tells the web browser how to display the content.

HTML5 is the fifth and current major version of the HTML standard, it is essential to learn HTML if you want to build web sites.

History of HTML

The history of HTML begins in the late 1980's, when Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, since then, HTML has undergone several revisions, with the most recent version beign HTML5

The Power of HTML

HTML is more than just a markup language, it is a tool that empowers you to create, innovate, and communicate with thw world.

Here are some things that HTML can help you to do:
Create a personal websites

Establish a business websites

Design and Develop Websites

Develop web Applications

Look at this example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Webpage </title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Welcome to Learn HTML App!</h2>
<p>This is my first paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>

Explanation

<!DOCTYPE html>: this declares the document type which is HTML5

<html>: this is the root element of an HTML document, and it's where all the magic begins!

<head>: this section contains metadata about the document, such as the title, character encoding and links to external stylesheets or scripts.

<title>: this defines the title of the HTML document nad displayed in the browser's title bar and in search engine results.

<body>: this section contains the content of the HTML document such as text, images, videos and interactive elements.

<h2>: this represents a level 2 heading (subheading)

<p>: this represents a paragraph of text used to define a block of text.