HTML stands for Hypertext
Markup Language, and it is the foundation of every website on the internet.
HTML is a markup language used to create the structure and content of a web
page. It consists of a series of tags that define the elements of a web page,
such as headings, paragraphs, images, links, and more.
To start learning HTML,
you will need a text editor to write your code. There are many free text
editors available, such as Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code, or Notepad++. Once
you have chosen a text editor, you can create a new file with the
".html" extension.
The basic structure of an
HTML document consists of an opening "<html>" tag, a
"<head>" tag, and a "<body>" tag. The
"<head>" tag contains metadata about the document, such as the
page title and links to stylesheets or scripts. The "<body>"
tag contains the content of the page.
To create an HTML
element, you use a pair of tags, such as <p> for paragraphs or <h1>
for headings. The opening tag starts with < and ends with >, while the
closing tag starts with < and ends with >. Any content between the
opening and closing tags is considered part of the element.
For example, to create a
paragraph, you would use the following code:
<p>This
is a paragraph.</p>
To add an image to your
HTML document, you use the "<img>"
tag, which is a self-closing tag. You need to specify the source of the image
using the "src" attribute, and you can also
add alternative text using the "alt" attribute. For example:
<img src="image.jpg"
alt="An image of a sunset">
This code would display
an image with the file name "image.jpg" and the alternative text
"An image of a sunset".
These are just the basics
of HTML, and there is much more to learn. I recommend checking out online
tutorials and resources to continue your learning journey. Good luck!