Introduction to HTML & Web Basics
HTML:
- HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
- It is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.
- HTML defines the structure and content of a web page.
How browsers render it:
- The browser reads the HTML file line by line.
- It builds the DOM (Document Object Model) — a tree-like structure of the page.
- The browser then displays the structured content visually based on HTML + CSS.
Structure of an HTML Document
<!DOCTYPE>declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document<html>element is the root element of an HTML page<head>element contains meta information about the HTML page<title>element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser’s title bar or in the page’s tab)<body>element defines the document’s body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc.<h1>element defines a large heading<p>element defines a paragraph
