HTML is the language of web-pages. (And the language of love I suppose, if you love the internet.) Sure there have been other variations and additions that create web pages. Things that work with HTML, or like HTML. Things like shtml, dhtml, xml, and others. But the foundation language to create web-pages is HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language.
“Hyper Text” refers to hyperlinks (links.) These are a big deal. We take links for granted now, but being able to click on a word and be taken to a new page was pretty revolutionary stuff. Think about it, we had print materials, then we had electronic materials but they were pretty much just words on a screen instead of on a page. All of a sudden we had pages that linked together to form a web of pages. This web, spread to pages all over the wide world.
So how does HTML work? HTML uses things called tags. Tags tell your browser how to format the text on the page (and images.) Tags have an opening tag, and a closing tag. The text in between the tags is formatted to whatever style the tag say to do.
Your task today is to follow the tutorial here. On each page you’ll learn a little about HTML and also complete plenty of examples. You should actually write the code of the examples, and not justread them. This will force your brain to absorb knowledge like a sponge, a HTML absorbing sponge. Sweet. Follow the tutorial along, and at the bottom of each page just click the “next” button. You’ll notice on the left the table of contents for the tutoral (the page your are on will be in bold.) Follow along up to the page HTML Tables. Remember actually write the examples and preview them in a browser just like the tutorial says to.
