HTML is a markup language that defines the structure and layout of web pages. It uses tags to describe headings, paragraphs, and other elements. HTML files have an .htm or .html file extension and can be edited in any basic text editor. The goal is to learn HTML, CSS, HTML5, content management systems, and advanced web programming over the next five days to start developing for the web.
2. • HTML stands for
What is HTML?
Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTML is not a programming language, it is a
markup language
• A markup language is a set of markup tags
• HTML uses markup tags to describe web
pages
3. What is HTML?
• Hypertext Markup Language describes:
– Structure
– Content
– Typography
– Rudimentary style (bold, italics, etc.)
• HTML is the language that browsers
understand.
4. HTML Files
• File extension is .htm or .html
• HTML files are simple text file.
• Can be edited with any text editor, like
– Notepad
– Notepad++
• There are some HTML editors like,
– Adobe Dreamweaver
– Microsoft Expression Web
5. HTML Files
HTML Code Browser view
<html>
<body> My First Heading
My first paragraph.
<h1>My First
Heading</h1>
<p>My first
paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
6. More on HTML
• HTML files are made of some text blocks
called Tags.
We will learn about Tags and other
elements of web development in
next classes.
7. Our Goal
For next 5 days we will learn-
• HTML
• CSS (Cascading style sheets)
• HTML 5
• CMS (Content management system)
• Guideline for advanced web programming