What is HTML? HTML Tutorial

What is HTML?

This HTML Tutorial explains introduction of HTML.

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a  web page layout structure programming language.  

As the foundations of a building are done the same way, the basic layout of a web page is created in HTML.

Abbreviation Explanation:

H -> Hyper 

T -> Text

M -> Markup

L  -> Language

What does HTML do?

• HTML Describes structure of the web page.
• HTML consists of a series of elements. 
• HTML tells the browser how to display the content.
• HTML elements label pieces of content such as “This is Division Element”, “This is a paragraph”, “This is an anchor link” etc. 

Explanation Of Above Example

• The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document
• The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
• The <head> element contains meta information about the HTML page
• The <title> element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser’s title bar or in the page’s tab)
• The <body> element defines the document’s body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.
• The <h1> element defines a large heading
• The <p> element defines a paragraph

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

<tagname> Content goes here… </tagname>
The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>