Introduction to HTML

Welcome to the HTML tutorial at programming-guides.com

What is HTML

HTML is, as the name Hyper Text Markup Language suggests, a markup language, It is predominantly used for creating web pages and as such has become very famous and widespread.

How to write HTML

HTML source code is nothing more than straight text and can thus be easily created and modified using any text editor such as NotePad++, TextMate, Emacs, or Vim.

The Structure of HTML

HTML provides a way of building a structured document with elements such as headings, paragraph, lists, etc. Elements consist of tags which are surrounded with angle brackets (<tag>). HTML can also specify scripts for added interactivity and Cascading Style Sheets for page layout and element styling. As you are reading the next chapters, keep in mind that HTML itself contains no styling information; all colors, fonts, margins, etc. are specified in CSS. This is a key idea in producing a modern HTML document.