HTML
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the basic building block of the web. It provides the structure, content and connection between pages, allowing web designers to create interactive experiences and many opportunities. The mass of web pages are made up of one or more files that are downloaded to a computer, which in turn are interpreted by a web browser and finally rendered out to our computer screen. HTML is a markup-based, human-readable language that’s intended to be simple to write, and easy to understand.
Behind all HTML consists of identifiers (markups) that refer to various segments of the file such as the header, body and footer, the divisions inside these with images, forms that could be downloaded and printed, calendars with events marked, etc
The HTML was initially developed in 1993 as a HTML version 1.0. This 1.0 was a basic version and was supporting to basic elements like text controls and images. In 1995 HTML 2.0 developed for improving with text boxes, buttons, forms, tags etc. Then HTML 3.2 in 1997, HTML 4.01 in 1999 and finally HTML 5 released on 2007.
The most thrilling aspect of HTML5 is the semantic approach to marking up content. This latest version introduces new features and support for multimedia directly inside an HTML document.
Over the past few years, videos on the web has exploded. As bandwidth has increased, and more people have access to high-speed internet connections. Until HTML5, the most reliable and common method for including video on a web page was to render it using Adobe Flash. Now YouTube came in to rule over all the video playing applications and showing the videos.
Like HTML, the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is another key component for building web pages and without them the web as we know it simply would not exist. HTML provides the building blocks and structure while CSS offers the styling such as it adds style to the front end of a webpage and defines the layout design, style fonts, borders, images, videos and create a background canvas.
HTML 5 came with tags such as <video> tag, <nav> tag, <article> tag.
A Basic example of HTML query
<html>
<head>
<title> Page Title </title>
</head>
<body>
TAG Info:
The HEAD tag
The head tag contains important information for the browser, such as CSS styles as well as search engine information.
The HEADER Tag
The header tag is different than the head tag, as it’s contained within the body of the HTML page, meaning it gets displayed in the browser. The header usually contains company emblem, navigation and possibly an introductory image.
Advantages
- HTML is easy to learn
- HTML is free to use and user friendly
- HTML is supported by all browsers
- HTML is basic for all programming languages and can be integrated with other languages.
For more information you can refer W3C portal.
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