Introduction to HTML
Your first steps in creating web content
Learning Objectives
- Understand what HTML is and how it structures web pages
- Learn basic HTML tags for text formatting
- Create your first HTML page with paragraphs, headings, and links
- Apply your knowledge to create a simple personal bio page
1Understanding HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. Think of HTML as the structure or skeleton of a webpage - similar to how a blueprint defines the structure of a house.
HTML uses tags to define different elements of a webpage. Tags are enclosed in angle brackets, like this: <tagname>. Most HTML elements have an opening tag and a closing tag: <tagname>content</tagname>.
Example:
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
Here, <p> is the opening tag and </p> is the closing tag.