Lesson 1: Introduction to HTML

HTML stands for Hypertext markup language. A markup language is a coding language that is used for visual representations on web pages or other applications.

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HTML is an essential part of most web pages that are found on the Internet today. It is responsible for the visual design and appearance of those web pages. It began as a way of sharing research between scientists but evolved into the most important markup language in coding.

In 1989, Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web and this led to many new web pages being created. In 1994, using cascading HTML style sheets became a standard method of developing basic web pages.

• Web page – a web page is a digital document that can be displayed on a screen using any modern web browser.
• In the World Wide Web everything has a unique address, or uniform resource locator (URL), and a corresponding HTML document.
• URL – a URL is a unique web address for a web page. Similar in concept to a phone number for a person, every web page has a unique URL.
• URL example: https://www.google.com

A web browser is a computer program that is used to access and display websites. Websites are a collection of web pages which usually have similar URLs. Examples of web browsers are Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox.

A web server is a computer whose main function is to store data, such as the coding files for pages and the overall make up of web pages. It is connected to the internet and receives web page requests from a web browser for a particular web page.

HTML can be written in any integrated development environment (IDE) such as Visual Studio code or IntelliJ. These applications make the coding process easier as IDEs give auto-fill suggestions when coding, compile code, highlight errors and warnings in your code, and many more features.

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