Day 1: Introduction to HTML

What Is HTML?

  • HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
  • It’s the foundational language for creating and structuring web pages.

Basic HTML Structure (Simplified)

Below is a minimal HTML page, focusing on the visible content and essential tags—omitting the doctype and meta tags for brevity:

My First Webpage
  
  
    Welcome to My Webpage
    This is my first HTML page. I’m learning HTML structure!
  




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Key Elements  

: Wraps the entire HTML document.


: Contains meta-information (here, just the ).


: Sets the page title shown in the browser tab.


: Holds the content displayed to users.


: Main heading of the page.


: Paragraph text.

  
  
  Day 1 Key Takeaways


HTML means HyperText Markup Language.

Every page uses , , and .

Use  for the browser tab title,  for main headings, and  for paragraphs.