HTML Fundamentals

What is HTML?

HyperText Markup Language — the backbone of every web page.

1HTML in One Minute

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It describes the structure of a web page using a tree of elements (called the DOM). Browsers read your HTML and render it into the visual page you see.

Example Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>My First Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello, World!</h1>
    <p>This is my first HTML page.</p>
  </body>
</html>

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