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HTML Introduction

HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is the standard markup language for creating web pages, describing their structure through a series of elements that dictate how content is displayed. A simple HTML document consists of a doctype declaration, root element, head, and body, with elements such as headings and paragraphs contained within. The document has evolved through various versions since its inception in 1991, with the latest being HTML5 and its subsequent updates.

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HTML Introduction

HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is the standard markup language for creating web pages, describing their structure through a series of elements that dictate how content is displayed. A simple HTML document consists of a doctype declaration, root element, head, and body, with elements such as headings and paragraphs contained within. The document has evolved through various versions since its inception in 1991, with the latest being HTML5 and its subsequent updates.

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HTML Introduction

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

What is HTML?
 HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
 HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
 HTML describes the structure of a Web page
 HTML consists of a series of elements
 HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
 HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a
heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.

A Simple HTML Document


Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>


<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

Example Explained
 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

What is an HTML Element?


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>

Start tag Element content End tag

<h1> My First Heading </h1>

<p> My first paragraph. </p>

<br> none none

Note: Some HTML elements have no content (like the <br> element).
These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not
have an end tag!
Web Browsers
The purpose of a web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) is to
read HTML documents and display them correctly.

A browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses them to determine
how to display the document:

HTML Page Structure


Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

<html>
<head>
<title>Page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Note: The content inside the <body> section will be displayed in a
browser. The content inside the <title> element will be shown in the
browser's title bar or in the page's tab.

HTML History
Since the early days of the World Wide Web, there have been many
versions of HTML:

Year Version

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented www

1991 Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML

1993 Dave Raggett drafted HTML+

1995 HTML Working Group defined HTML 2.0

1997 W3C Recommendation: HTML 3.2

1999 W3C Recommendation: HTML 4.01

2000 W3C Recommendation: XHTML 1.0

2008 WHATWG HTML5 First Public Draft


2012 WHATWG HTML5 Living Standard

2014 W3C Recommendation: HTML5

2016 W3C Candidate Recommendation: HTML 5.1

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.1 2nd Edition

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.2

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