Introduction to HTML

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is used to create document on the World Wide Web. It is simply a collection of certain key words called ‘Tags’ that are helpful in writing the document to be displayed using a browser on Internet. HTML was developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1992.

HTML is used for creating a web page
HTML is not a programming language it is Markup language.
HTML is not case sensitive i.e. we can write code in lower or upper case.
Tags are basic building block of HTML

CREATING, SAVING AND VIEWING A HTML DOCUMENT

Creating a HTML document

The essential tags that are required to create a HTML document are:

HTML Tags

Tags are instructions that are embedded directly into the text of document. Html Tags are signals to a browser that should do something other than just through text upon the screen.All HTML tags begin with an open angle bracket (<) and end with close angle bracket (>).

HTML tags can be two types:-

Paired Tag (Container)

Singular Tags (Empty)

Container Tags: Tags which have both the opening and closing i.e. <TAG> and </TAG> are called container tags. They hold the text and other HTML tags in between the tags. The <HTML>, <HEAD>, <TITLE> and <BODY> tags are all container tags.

Example:

<TAG> this is a container tag. It holds both the text and HTML tag </TAG>

Empty Tags: Tags, which have only opening and no ending, are called empty tags. The <HR>, which is used to draw horizontal, rule across the width of the document, and line break <BR> tags are empty tags.