Every webpage you look at is written in a language called HTML. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. Hypertext means "a text with link in it". Any time you click on a word/text that brings you to a new webpage, you've clicked on hypertext!. A markup language is a programming language (not actually) it can turn text into images, links, tables, lists, and much more. HTML is very easy to learn you'll enjoy it.
Below click on the word google. you'll go to the page google.com. This is called Hypertext
With HTML, you can:
And you can do much more. Dont worry we'll dicuss almost everything.
In short HTML 5 is the latest and most enhanced version of HTML. It is the fifth and current version of the HTML standard with new elements, attributes, and behaviors.
| Version | Year |
|---|---|
| HTML | 1991 |
| HTML 2.0 | 1995 |
| HTML 3.2 | 1997 |
| HTML 4.01 | 1999 |
| XHTML | 2000 |
| HTML5 | 2014 |
| HTML 5.1 | 2016 |
| HTML 5.2 | 2017 |
| New Features | Short description |
|---|---|
| Declaration | <!DOCTYPE html> |
| Semantics Elements | Added new semantic elements like <header>,<footer>, <article>, <section>, and <main> . |
| Inline Elements | Added new inline elements like <mark>,<time>, <meter>, <progress> . |
| Graphic Elements | <svg> and <canvas> two new graphic elements were introduced with HTML5. |
| useful Tags | <audio> and <video> two most powerful tags were introduced with HTML5. |