Understanding HTML

If you want to learn how to create a website, the first step is to learn HTML. HTML is the basis of all the web pages that we see on the Internet. But, what exactly is HTML? in the first Learning Basic HTML tutorial we will discuss the definition of HTML.

understanding HTML

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. Known in the HTML hypertext as a regular text can serve others, we can make it a link that can move from one page to another simply by clicking on the text. The ability of this text, called hypertext, although its implementation will not just text that can be used as a link.

Known as the language HTML Markup Language uses sign (mark), to mark portions of text. For example, text that is in between a particular sign will be thick, and if it is between other marks will look great. This sign is known as HTML tags.

If you want to see how the actual HTML, please right click this page, and select View Page Source (in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome). Will perform a new page which is the HTML code of this page

HTML is the basic language of web creation. Called the base because in making the web, if you only use HTML web display tasted bland. There are many web programming language intended to manipulate HTML code, such as JavaScript and PHP. But before you learn JavaScript and PHP, HTML understanding is the earliest.

HTML is not a programming language (programming language), but the markup language (markup language), this sounds a little strange, but if you have some familiarity with other programming, in HTML will not be found structures commonly found in programming languages ​​such as IF, LOOP, and variable. HTML language is only a structure whose function is to mark parts of a page.

In addition to HTML, xHTML also known which stands for eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language. xHTML an old version of HTML (before the era of HTML5 as it is today). xHTML use more stringent rules of writing. If you find an article that discusses xHTML, HTML can be equated with, because the difference is not too much.

HTML file should be run from a web browser application. In the tutorial to learn basic HTML next, we will discuss about the Web Browser function.