Introduction to HTML

What is HTML??

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
HTML describes the structure of a Web page
HTML consists of a series of elements
HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration specifies that the file is an HTML file and it should be treated as such by the browser
The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page... It must be defined
The <head> element contains all the meta information about the site... It is like the setting of the page the User of the page doesn't see it i.e IT DOESN'T SHOW IN THE BROWSER
The <title> element obviously tells the browser that any content written in between should be the
The <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.
The <h1> element defines a large heading
The <p> element defines a paragraph title of the page