HTML Tutorial

This HTML tutorial is designed for the aspiring Web Designers and Developers with a need to understand the HTML in enough detail along with its simple overview, and practical examples. This tutorial will give you enough ingredients to start with HTML from where you can take yourself at higher level of expertise.

HTML Introduction

HTML Tutorial

HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) is the most commonly and widely used language to write webpages. It is being widely used to format web pages with the avail of different tags available in HTML language. Basically it is known as backbone of webpages.

Hypertext is a text available on a webpage that links the webpages together. It is a Markup Language which uses tags to define components within a document that tell web browser how to structure the document. The basic tags are <head>,<body>,<title> and <div> etc.

History

The roots of HTML dates back to 1980, when CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) physicist Tim Berners-Lee proposed a new hypertext method to exchange information.

The ‘hypertext’ in the field of information technology allowed users to access information relating to the  electronic documents they viewed. Tim Berners-Lee submitted it to a call arranged to create a ‘hypertext’ method for internet. The first structured definition Hypertext Markup Language document was released in 1991 under the name HTML tags and can still be consulted online as a tech relic today.

Advantages

  • It is basically used for creating webpages.
  • It is so easy to write ,use and also human-readable. 
  • It also allows templates to be used, making it simple to build a webpage . 
  • It’s very helpful for web design beginners. 
  • Even for beginner programmers, it is easy to learn & code .
  • It is Platform independent.
  • It is not case sensitive.

Prerequisites to HTML Tutorial

Before proceeding with this HTML Tutorial you should have a basic working knowledge with Windows or Linux operating system, additionally you must be familiar with:

  • Experience with any text editor like notepad, notepad++, or Edit plus etc.
  • How to create directories and files on your computer.
  • How to navigate through different directories.
  • How to type content in a file and save them on a computer.
  • Understanding about images in different formats like JPEG, PNG format.