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what is HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a language used to create and structure content on a web page.
HyperText simply means “Text within Text”.A text that has a link within it, is a hypertext. whenever anyone clicks on a link which brings the user to a new webpage. so, HyperText is a way to link two or more web pages(HTML documents) with each other.
Markup language: A markup language is a computer language that is used to apply layout and formatting to a text document.
Web Page: A web page is a document which is commonly written in HTML and translated by a web browser. A web page can be identified by entering an URL. A Web page can be of a static or dynamic type. With the help of HTML only, we can create static web pages.
Brief History of HTML
In the late 1980s, a physicist, Tim Berners-Lee who was a contractor at CERN, proposed a system for CERN researchers. In 1989, he wrote a memo proposing an internet-based hypertext system.
Tim Berners-Lee is known as the father of HTML. The first available description of HTML was a document called "HTML Tags" proposed by Tim in late 1991. The latest version of HTML is HTML5
HTML plays an important role in web development
Structure and layout
Accessibility
SEO
Compatibility
Why it is important to learn?
HTML is an essential building block of the web
HTML is widely used
HTML is easy to learn
HTML is versatile
HTML is used in many different contexts
Websites
Web applications
Email
Mobile apps
HTML Versions
Since the time HTML was invented there are lots of HTML versions in the market, the brief introduction about the HTML version is given below:
HTML 1.0: The first version of HTML was 1.0, which was the barebones(basic essential) version of HTML language, and it was released in 1991.
HTML 2.0: This was the next version which was released in 1995, and it was the standard language version for website design. HTML 2.0 was able to support extra features such as form-based file upload, and form elements such as text box, option button, etc.
HTML 3.2: HTML 3.2 version was published by W3C in early 1997. This version was capable of creating tables and providing support for extra options for form elements. It can also support a web page with complex mathematical equations. It became an official standard for any browser till January 1997. Today it is practically supported by most browsers.
HTML 4.01: HTML 4.01 version was released on December 1999, and it is a very stable version of the HTML language. This version is the current official standard, and it provides added support for stylesheets (CSS) and scripting ability for various multimedia elements.
HTML5: HTML5 is the newest version of HyperText Markup language. The first draft of this version was announced in January 2008. There are two major organizations one is W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), and another one is WHATWG( Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group) which is involved in the development of the HTML 5 version, and still, is under development.
Let's see a simple example of HTML.
<!DOCTYPE\>
<html>
<head>
<title>Web page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Write Your First Heading</h1>
<p>Write Your First Paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>