The Basic Language of the Web: HTML
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Posted by Laura Jones on Monday, June 21st 2027
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+ +- All modern websites and web applications are built using three - fundamental - technologies: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. These are the languages of the - web. -
- -- In this post, let's focus on HTML. We will learn what HTML is all about, - and why you too should learn it. -
- -What is HTML?
-- HTML stands for HyperText - Markup Language. It's a markup - language that web developers use to structure and describe the content - of a webpage (not a programming language). -
-- HTML consists of elements that describe different types of content: - paragraphs, links, headings, images, video, etc. Web browsers understand - HTML and render HTML code as websites. -
-In HTML, each element is made up of 3 parts:
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- The opening tag -
- The closing tag -
- The actual element -
- You can learn more at - MDN Web Docs. -
- -Why should you learn HTML?
- -- There are countless reasons for learning the fundamental language of the - web. Here are 5 of them: -
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- To be able to use the fundamental web dev language -
- - To hand-craft beautiful websites instead of relying on tools like - Worpress or Wix - -
- To build web applications -
- To impress friends -
- To have fun π -
Hopefully you learned something new here. See you next time!
- - - - - + + + ++ All modern websites and web applications are built using three + fundamental + technologies: HTML, CSS and JavaScript. These are the languages of the + web. +
+ ++ In this post, let's focus on HTML. We will learn what HTML is all + about, and why you too should learn it. +
+ +What is HTML?
++ HTML stands for HyperText + Markup Language. It's a markup + language that web developers use to structure and describe the content + of a webpage (not a programming language). +
++ HTML consists of elements that describe different types of content: + paragraphs, links, headings, images, video, etc. Web browsers + understand HTML and render HTML code as websites. +
+In HTML, each element is made up of 3 parts:
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+
- The opening tag +
- The closing tag +
- The actual element +
+ You can learn more at + MDN Web Docs. +
+ +Why should you learn HTML?
+ ++ There are countless reasons for learning the fundamental language of + the web. Here are 5 of them: +
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+
- To be able to use the fundamental web dev language +
- + To hand-craft beautiful websites instead of relying on tools like + Worpress or Wix + +
- To build web applications +
- To impress friends +
- To have fun π +
Hopefully you learned something new here. See you next time!
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