HTML

Description

A.k.a Hypertext Markup Language
HTML is the markup language of websites. Markup means that you give meaning to a structure, you describe in a manner machines can understand what you mean. You define elements like

  • headlines
  • parapgraphs
  • lists
  • links
  • images
  • boxes
  • ...

These elements are called tags. Tags can be styled with CSS to build complex layouts by nesting them inside and alongside each other.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>This is a Heading</h1>
    <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
    <div>
      This is a box
      <div>Inside another box</div>
    </div>

  </body>
</html>

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