If you have ever wanted to create a website or simply understand how web pages are built, learning HTML is the first step. HTML, which stands for HyperText Markup Language, is the standard language used to create web pages. It provides the structure and content of the web page, and is the backbone of every web page on the internet.
HTML uses a series of elements, or tags, to define the structure and content of a web page. These tags are enclosed in angle brackets, and come in pairs – an opening tag and a closing tag. The opening tag tells the browser where a certain element begins, while the closing tag tells the browser where a certain element ends.
The basic structure of an HTML document includes the following elements:
: This declaration tells the browser which version of HTML the document is written in.
: This element is the root element of an HTML page. It wraps all the content on the entire page.
: The head element contains meta information about the document, such as the title of the page, links to external stylesheets, and other miscellaneous items.Once you have the basic structure of an HTML document defined, you can start adding content to your web page using various HTML elements. Some common elements include headings (
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