CodeCraftingLabHTML Introduction
HTML Tutorial for Beginners - Learn HTML for a career in web development. This HTML tutorial teaches you everything you need to get started.
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
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
• 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>
