HTML Introduction
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard language for creating web pages.
- HTML describes the structure of a page
- HTML is made of elements, written as tags
- Browsers read HTML and show it as a page
Your first page
Every HTML page is a set of nested elements. Press Run to see the result, then change the text and run it again.
Examplehtml
How it works
An element has an opening tag, content and a closing tag:
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
Quick check
What does HTML stand for?
Finish the quick check (and any code exercise) to complete this lesson, or mark it done yourself.
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