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HTML Basics Tutorial

The document provides an introduction to HTML, including what HTML is, the basic structure of an HTML document with elements like <html>, <head>, <body>, <h1>, and <p>, and how browsers display HTML pages. It also briefly covers the history and evolution of HTML standards over time.

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HTML Basics Tutorial

The document provides an introduction to HTML, including what HTML is, the basic structure of an HTML document with elements like <html>, <head>, <body>, <h1>, and <p>, and how browsers display HTML pages. It also briefly covers the history and evolution of HTML standards over time.

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HTML Basics Tutorial

HTML Introduction
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

What is HTML?
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages

HTML describes the structure of a Web page

HTML consists of a series of elements

HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content

HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a


paragraph", "this is a link", etc.

A Simple HTML Document

Example
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Page Title</title></head><body><h1>My First
Heading</h1><p>My first paragraph.</p></body></html>
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Example Explained
The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document

The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page

The <head> element contains meta information about the HTML page

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The <title> element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the
browser's title bar or in the page's tab)

The <body> element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the
visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists,
etc.

The <h1> element defines a large heading

The <p> element defines a paragraph

What is an HTML Element?


An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:
<tagname> Content goes here... </tagname>
The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>

Start tag Element content End tag

<h1> My First Heading </h1>

<p> My first paragraph. </p>

<br> none none

Note: Some HTML elements have no content (like the <br> element). These elements
are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag!

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Web Browsers
The purpose of a web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) is to read HTML
documents and display them correctly.

A browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses them to determine how to display
the document:

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HTML Page Structure
Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

<html><head>
<title>Page title</title>

</head><body>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

</body></html>
Note: The content inside the <body> section will be displayed in a browser. The content
inside the <title> element will be shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab.

HTML History

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Since the early days of the World Wide Web, there have been many versions of HTML:

Year Version

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented www

1991 Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML

1993 Dave Raggett drafted HTML+

1995 HTML Working Group defined HTML 2.0

1997 W3C Recommendation: HTML 3.2

1999 W3C Recommendation: HTML 4.01

2000 W3C Recommendation: XHTML 1.0

2008 WHATWG HTML5 First Public Draft

2012 WHATWG HTML5 Living Standard

2014 W3C Recommendation: HTML5

2016 W3C Candidate Recommendation: HTML 5.1

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.1 2nd Edition

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.2

This tutorial follows the latest HTML5 standard.

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