HTML was developed in the 1990s by different scientists, and the first publication that specified HTML as a formal “application” of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) was by Berners-Lee with Dan Connolly.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language and is a computer language that is used to create documents on the World Wide Web.
The language basically consists of ‘tags’ that determine the layout, design of your website. The web pages on the internet are basically text files that use HTML tags.
The language itself is very simple and easy to learn. The important thing to remember is that it is a logical language that is read from left to right, top to bottom and plain text is used. Also, no special compilers are needed for using HTML; all you need is a standard word processor (preferably Microsoft Word or Windows Notepad) and internet browser on your computer. This is demonstrated in the following example.
<html>
<body>
Hello World!!
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</body>
</html>
Open your notepad and copy and paste the given code. Save the file as ‘anyname.html’. Upon opening the file, you will notice that it opens in your web browser and looks like a blank website except for the ‘Hello World!!’.
There are software that have been developed to build websites like Dreamweaver from Macromedia or Frontpage from Microsoft. Softwares like these work as code-generators which make HTML coding a lot easier and fun. You don’t have to memorize all the tags and they are highly recommended by web-developers for making websites.
HTML: Introduction
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