Introduction to HTML

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the combination of Hypertext and Markup language. Hypertext defines the link between the web pages. Markup language is used to define the text document, within tag which defines the structure of web pages. Most of markup languages are human readable.

HTML is a markup language which is used by the browser to manipulate text, images and other content to display it in required format. HTML was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991. The first ever version of HTML was HTML 1.0 but the first standard version was HTML 2.0 which was published in 1999.

Browsers do not display the HTML tags, but use them to render the content of the page.

HTML Version	Year
HTML 1.0	1991
HTML 2.0	1995
HTML 3.2	1997
HTML 4.01	1999
XHTML	2000
HTML5	2014

Features of HTML

· It is easy to learn and easy to use.

· It is platform independent.

· Images, video and audio can be added to a web page.

· Hypertext can be added to text.

· It is a markup language.

Why learn HTML?

· It is a simple markup language. Its implementation is easy.

· It is used to create a website.

· Helps in developing fundamentals about web programming.

· Boost professional career.

Advantages of HTML

· HTML is used to build a websites.

· It is supported by all browsers.

· It can be integrated with other languages like CSS, JavaScript etc.

Disadvantages of HTML

· HTML can create only static webpages so for dynamic webpage other languages have to be used.

· Large amount of code has to be written to create a simple web page.

· Security feature is not good.

HTML: Tags & Elements

In HTML, entries inside the Angular Bracket, that is between less than (<) and greater than (>), are known as Tags. The HTML code is made up of characters that lived inside Angled Brackets, are called HTML elements usually made up of two tags. Each HTML element tell the browser something about the information that sits between its opening and closing tags. If a tag is not closed then browser applies that effect till end of page.