Introduction to HTML

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Introduction to HTML

What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
It is the standard language used to create webpages. HTML tells the browser how to display text, images, videos, and links on a web page.
Think of HTML as the skeleton of a webpage — it gives the page its structure.

Why Learn HTML?

It’s the first step to becoming a web developer.
Every website you visit uses HTML.
It’s easy to learn and beginner-friendly.
You can combine it with CSS (for design) and JavaScript (for functionality) to build powerful websites.

Basic Structure of an HTML Page

Here’s what a simple HTML document looks like


    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
        <title>My First Web Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Welcome to HTML!</h1>
        <p>This is my first web page.</p>
    </body>
    </html>

Explanation

TAG	Description
<!DOCTYPE html>	Tells the browser that this is an HTML5 document
<html>	Root element of the HTML page
<head>	Contains meta information like title, CSS, scripts
<title>	Sets the page title shown in the browser tab
<body>	Contains everything you see on the web page (text, images, etc.)
<h1>	Shows a big heading
<p>	Adds paragraphs

Output

Welcome to HTML!

This is my first web page.

Key Points to Remember

HTML is not a programming language — it’s a markup language.
Tags usually come in pairs: <tag> (opening) and </tag> (closing).
Indentation makes your code clean and readable.
Save your file with a .html extension (e.g., index.html).

Practice Task

Create a file named index.html on your computer and write the code shown above. Then open it in any browser (like Chrome or Edge) to see your first web page!

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