📌 What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
It is the basic building block of the web. Every website you see uses HTML to structure its content.

👉 HTML tells the browser what to show (text, images, links), not how it looks (that’s CSS).

 

🤔 Why Learn HTML?

  • 🧱 It creates the structure of a webpage

  • 🌍 It works in all browsers

  • 🚀 It’s easy to learn and beginner-friendly

  • 💼 It’s the first step to becoming a web developer

 

🧩 How HTML Works

HTML uses tags to define elements.

Example:

<h1>Hello World</h1>

📝 This tells the browser to display “Hello World” as a heading.

 

🏗️ Basic HTML Page Structure

Every HTML page follows a simple structure 👇

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My First Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Welcome to HTML</h1>
    <p>This is my first webpage.</p>
  </body>
</html>

🔍 Explanation:

  • <!DOCTYPE html> → Tells browser this is HTML5

  • <html> → Root of the page

  • <head> → Page info (title, meta)

  • <body> → Visible content

 

🏷️ Common HTML Tags

Tag Purpose
<h1> Heading
<p> Paragraph
<a> Link
<img> Image
<br> Line break

Example:

<a href="https://example.com">Visit Website</a>

 

🎯 HTML is NOT…

❌ A programming language
❌ Used for styling
❌ Used for logic

👉 HTML is only for structure.

HTML builds the structure of web pages. It uses tags and elements. Easy to learn, powerful to use 💪