Chapter 1
Exploring Basic HTML
IN THIS CHAPTER
Learning the purpose of HTML
Understanding basic HTML structure
Adding headlines, paragraphs, hyperlinks, and images
Formatting web page text
Creating a basic HTML website
“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.”
— WILLIAM JAMES
HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is used in every single web page you browse on the Internet. Because the language is so foundational, a good first step for you is to start learning HTML.
In this chapter, you discover the HTML basics, including basic HTML structure and how to make text appear in the browser. Next, you find out how to format text and display images in a web browser. Finally, you create your own, and possibly first, HTML website. You may find that HTML without any additional styling appears to be very plain, and doesn’t look like the websites you normally visit on the Internet. After you code a basic website using HTML, you will use additional languages ...
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