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HTML, we hope everyone has heard these four letters together by now. After all, everyone looks at HTML every day, maybe you just don't know it. In our previous blog post we talked about JavaScript. In this article, we'll tell you what HTML is and why you should learn it.
HTML stands for HhyperText MRMarkup Language and, together with CSS and JavaScript, forms the basis for every web page. To explain the role HTML plays in this, we use a human metaphor. When comparing a web page with a human body, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) would determine the personal characteristics, such as eye color, skin, and hair. JavaScript would control movements and interaction, such as giving a handshake, a wink, or a smile. HTML can be seen as the skeleton; it gives a structure to the whole thing.
HTML provides structure by using tags, which tell text what to do. For example, HTML provides paragraphs, page breaks, bold or italic letters, and much more. It's important to let a webpage know that you're using HTML. You do this by starting each page with the tag <html>and ending with the tag</html>. Then, for example, to make a word bold, the word is placed between the following tags: <b>bold word</b>. The first tag indicates where the bold should begin and the closing tag (/) indicates where the bold should stop. The use of these tags is the basis for almost every page on the web. That's why HTML is also a good starting point if you want to learn how to code.
If you want to italicize a text, use the tags <i>and</i>.
You indicate underlined text with the tags <u>and</u>.
If you want to delete a text, use the tags <del>and</del>.
This is just a small selection of the possibilities of HTML. With HTML, you can also specify which text should be larger or smaller, you can use it to create paragraphs or entire paragraphs, you can align texts, determine which images will be placed and much more. When you start learning HTML, you will automatically discover all the possibilities.
It's very easy to view the HTML of a webpage, even if it's not yours. How to do that? Go to the page and simply right-click and choose “inspect”. This way, you will see all the code on the page. This is a fun way to see how HTML is applied in practice.
It doesn't matter what or how much you use the internet for, everyone comes into contact with it. The vast majority is ultimately used by the business community and various industries. They also all use HTML. As the online world grows, the demand for people with technical skills will also continue to grow. Being able to code is a skill of the future, so make yourself future-proof and start learning HTML.
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