• What exactly is HTML?
Everything to HTML
Information and how it works
• What exactly is HTML?
HTML is the main building blocks and code of websites, They are what make the most basics of sites and the structure of the most advance sites. Theres many rules on how to write code in HTML but for the most basic kinds of code its very simple when working with HTML. The first place to start is always with setting up the code in HTML by making a .html file so that it will run the HTML written in that file. for example all HTML starts like this:
Once you have the main layout of your HTML you can start coding basic things with starter and simple tag. what are tags you may ask, An HTML tag is commonly defined as a set of characters constituting a formatted command for a Web page. At the core of HTML, tags provide the directions or recipes for the visual content that one sees on the Web. Basicaly tags are the things that designate what somthing is whether thats a paragraph or a img or somthing more complicated. All webpages are moslty just made of tags and text that actions that have been set with them. There are many different tags that are used in HTML but the most basic ones are:
• How does it all work?
At this point you might be wondering "but how does HTML even work?" well, HTML works by telling the internet browser how to display the page. First the auther - the person that is writing the code - uses a basic text editor to create an .html document to fill using things like the tags that i previously showed you. Then the auther uploads there finished document for the website to read and display the things coded in that doucment. And the web browser can traslate the tags and code set in the html by parsing it - converting the code into phisical text - throuhg a set of instructins that are pre loaded to work with that web browser. Infact what your reading right now has been parsed by the web browser your curently vewing this with. There are also other aspects of HTML like css and javascript but information on those aspects is in other pages.
• Why should you use HTML?
If you know anything about coding you know there are many different coding languages like, python, javascript, c languages, or java. But why exaclty would you use specifically HTML? Because HTML is specifically designed to make web pages and it is also one of the easiest coding languages to use and learn. It's very usefull for making any type of webiste, and yes there are websites that help you make your own website but with html you have more ways to customize it how you want it. Its very easy to use and learn - for mor information on websites and vidoes for learning check Resources to start - There are also some other ways you can use HTML for including making games but thats a whole differnt topic. Next there will be more information on how what css is and how to use it.