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HTML Basics

HTML Basics

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, and it is the structure of a webpage. You can identify HTML code by its angle brackets like this: <p>Hello World</p>.

It is the skeleton of every webpage. It tells the web browser what a heading (<h1>) or a paragraph (<p>) is. It does this through special codes called tags, for example: (<span>). There are two kinds of tags in HTML: paired and unpaired. Paired tags need an open tag: <strong> and a closing tag: </strong>, like this <strong>Dav/Davs</strong>. This code boldens the content between the text, like this Dav/Devs. At the same time, unpaired tags are self-closing like a horizontal rule: <hr>, like this:


There are more advanced tags like <video> to embed video content and <canvas> to allow graphics to be drawn on a webpage.

Here’s a sample html code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Dav/Devs</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Welcome to Dav/Devs</h1>
    <p>My personal portfolio website</p>
  </body>
</html>

If you’re interested in learning HTML, contact me on LinkedIn, and I will teach you.

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