In this first tutorial, I will explain what HTML is, what its used for, and how to get started with an HTML program.
To begin with, HTML is a software language used to help humans communicate with computers, just like javascript or other similar languages. However, HTML is quite unique as it is purely designed for web development, and performs tasks that are very different to that of an ordinary programming language. Think of it like the human body. A language like javascript controls the functionality of a web page, and makes up the muscles and organs in this scenario, whereas HTML is more focused on the structure of the webpage, making up the skeleton. HTML is used to create various elements that make up a webpage, such as text or an image. It also works hand in hand with two other languages, being CSS, which is accessed through the style tag, and Javascript, which as shown in the javascript tutorial, is accessed through the scripts tag. We'll talk more about these later on. For this lesson we'll just talk about how to start a new HTML program.
As Noah said in the first javascript tutorial, the application that we recommend is Atom, and you can download Atom here if you haven't already.
Stay tuned for the next few tutorials. In number two we'll look at the basic structure of an HTML program, and how to run an HTML file in Chrome, and in number three we'll look at adding text elements to your program.
To begin with, HTML is a software language used to help humans communicate with computers, just like javascript or other similar languages. However, HTML is quite unique as it is purely designed for web development, and performs tasks that are very different to that of an ordinary programming language. Think of it like the human body. A language like javascript controls the functionality of a web page, and makes up the muscles and organs in this scenario, whereas HTML is more focused on the structure of the webpage, making up the skeleton. HTML is used to create various elements that make up a webpage, such as text or an image. It also works hand in hand with two other languages, being CSS, which is accessed through the style tag, and Javascript, which as shown in the javascript tutorial, is accessed through the scripts tag. We'll talk more about these later on. For this lesson we'll just talk about how to start a new HTML program.
As Noah said in the first javascript tutorial, the application that we recommend is Atom, and you can download Atom here if you haven't already.
Stay tuned for the next few tutorials. In number two we'll look at the basic structure of an HTML program, and how to run an HTML file in Chrome, and in number three we'll look at adding text elements to your program.
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