HTML Tutorial - Part 1

THE BEGINNING OF HTML TUTORIAL

In this tutorial, we will learn about HTML. This tutorial will be divided into several parts. Let’s get started with the tutorial.

Q. What is HTML ?

HTML is an acronym for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML describes the structure of Web pages using markups. It is used for creating websites. You need a good understanding of HTML to become a better web designer or a web developer. The latest version of HTML is HTML5.

Q. Do you know who introduced HTML?

If you google, “Who invented HTML”, you will get the answer as “Tim Berners Lee”

Q. How does a simple HTML look?

Below is the HTML startup template.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <title> We are learning HTML</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1> Hello World! </h1>
        <h3> Learn HTML easily</h3>
    </body>
    </html>

Output

Q. How to view HTML of any website?

Go to the website that you want to see for HTML source code.
Right click on the page.
Select View Source.

Q. What do we need to start writing HTML?

A text editor which allows you to save with an extension, “.html”. (I will be using Notepad++)
- (Notepad++ download link)
Any web browser. (I will be using Firefox)
- (Firefox download link)

Checkpoint:

At this point, make sure that you have completed following steps.

You have a text editor and a browser.
Copy the starter code from above, paste it into new file and save it as hello.html .
Double click your new file, hello.html .
Compare your output with the output above.

If you were unable to do any steps above or you did not get any similar output then comment below so that we could help you at this point. Otherwise, you can proceed further with the tutorial.

Before we begin writing HTML, it is important to know some basic terms in HTML.

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