HTML Introduction

What Is It?

HTML is the language used to describe a web page. Tags tell the browser which text is a heading, paragraph, link, or image.

What the Tags Mean

• h1: a main heading.
• p: a paragraph.
• HTML: page content.
• CSS: how it looks.
• JavaScript: what happens when people interact.

Example 1

Save each example as index.html and open it in your browser. Each code block is a complete page.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>HTML Introduction</title>
 
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello!</h1>
<p>I am learning HTML.</p>
</body>
</html>

What you see: The browser shows a large Hello! heading and a sentence underneath.

Example 2: Another Use

Change the words to make a page about yourself.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>HTML Introduction</title>
 
</head>
<body>
<h1>About me</h1>
<p>My name is Asha. I like reading.</p>
</body>
</html>

Simple Tip

Start with one editor and one browser. Learn one tag, change one thing, and look at the result.

Try It Yourself

Replace Asha with your name.