HTML: The language of the web

What is HTML? HTML – is short for H yper T ext M arkup L anguage, is the language used to create webpages. In short a website is a collec...

What is HTML?

HTML – is short for Hyper Text Markup Language, is the language used to create webpages. In short a website is a collection of webpages that reside in one or more computer(s) that can be accessed from any computer that is connected to the network. In this case the global network of communication the World Wide Web (WWW). In a very simple sense, the web page is a simple plain text document usually created with simple text editor. The structure is marked up in a systematic way and then interpreted by a browser.

What do you need to know to learn HTML?

To learn HTML, you’ll need a basic computer operating skill – this includes, creating files, folders and of course to use a browser and the internet. If you are reading this tutorial, I strongly believe that you have the basic skills of using a computer.

A Browser

A Browser, is a computer software designed to browse the world wide web. All operating systems comes with their own browser – for example, Windows comes with Internet Explorer, Mac OS X comes with Safari, Linux comes with a variety of browsers Firefox being present in most though. And many browsers now are available in all OS, like Google Chrome, Firefox, they are present in almost all platform. So you’ll need a browser to view webpages.

So what’s Next?

After you’ve cross checked the above, I believe if you’re interested in learning something, lets learn some HTML.