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The document provides an overview of HTML including what it is, a simple example of an HTML document structure, and explanations of HTML elements, tags, and history. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is used to define the structure and layout of web pages. HTML elements like headings, paragraphs, and line breaks are used to label different parts of the content.

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Introduction To HTML

The document provides an overview of HTML including what it is, a simple example of an HTML document structure, and explanations of HTML elements, tags, and history. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is used to define the structure and layout of web pages. HTML elements like headings, paragraphs, and line breaks are used to label different parts of the content.

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HTML Introduction
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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

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>


<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

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Example Explained
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>

Start tag Element content End tag

<h1> My First Heading </h1>

<p> My first paragraph. </p>

<br> none none

Note: Some HTML elements have no content


(like the <br> element). These elements are
called empty elements. Empty elements do
not have an end tag!

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Web Browsers
The purpose of a web browser (Chrome,
Edge, Firefox, Safari) is to read HTML
documents and display them correctly.

A browser does not display the HTML tags,


but uses them to determine how to display
the document:

HTML Page Structure


Below is a visualization of an HTML page
structure:

<html>

<head>

<title>Page title</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is a
heading</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph.
</p>

<p>This is another
paragraph.</p>

</body>

</html>

Note: The content inside the <body>


section will be displayed in a browser. The
content inside the <title> element will be
shown in the browser's title bar or in the
page's tab.

HTML History
Since the early days of the World Wide Web,
there have been many versions of HTML:

Year Version

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented www

1991 Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML

1993 Dave Raggett drafted HTML+

1995 HTML Working Group defined


HTML 2.0

1997 W3C Recommendation: HTML 3.2

1999 W3C Recommendation: HTML


4.01

2000 W3C Recommendation: XHTML


1.0

2008 WHATWG HTML5 First Public Draft

2012 WHATWG HTML5 Living Standard

2014 W3C Recommendation: HTML5

2016 W3C Candidate Recommendation:


HTML 5.1

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.1


2nd Edition

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.2

This tutorial follows the latest HTML5


standard.

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