âHTMLâ is a programing language and is an acronym for âHypertext Markup Languageâ.
HTML is used to help create structure webpages and their content on the internet.
- Why are we learning HTML?
We are learning HTML to have an understanding of how webpages are structured. HTML has been around since the early 90âs, so its like an internet history lesson.
An HTML tag is a type of command that when put around certain content, tells that content to do something different.
- What is the structure of an HTML tag?
HTML tags are seen with â<>â and '</> around the specific tag. For example â
â to indicate that what ever content is between the tags will be shown as a âparagraphâ.
An attribute allows for extra information to be placed on the elements that we are creating.
- What is the anatomy of an HTML document?
HTML documents are usually set up like this;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My test page</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/firefox-icon.png" alt="My test image">
</body>
</html>
The whole webpage is set inbetween the <html> tags.