FOUNDATIONS OF HTML & CSS
GETTING STARTED WITH HTML AND CSS WHAT IS HTML? HTML is a markup language that provides the structure that lies underneath every website—and many mobile apps. HTML stands for H yper T ext M arkup L anguage. HyperText is simply means interactive text. Learning HTML is a first step towards learning web design and development—or even more advanced programming languages. HTML is easy to learn due to the fact that it’s a markup language, which is distinct from a programming language. A markup language is designed to describe the purpose of content pieces in a document. VERSIONS OF HTML There are a number of versions of HTML that are in use today. The most current version of HTML is HTML5. HTML5 has brought some much-needed standardization to the world of HTML. With HTML5 we can now play audio and video directly in the web browser. This latest version of HTML has brought us many new tags which have allowed us to better describe (or mark up) the cont...