HTML Fundamentals

Mudassir Mairaj
1 min readNov 19, 2022

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Everything you need to know to get started in web development.

Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash

So, What is HTML?

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content.

HTML is a code that is used to structure a web page and its content.

The first web pages was released in 1990 and the pages were only used for presentation. Today the web is a very important piece in our daily lives. You may use many different web browsers to look at web-pages, like: Google Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer and Firefox.

HTML Setup:

How to start with HTML?

It’s simply very easy, all you need is:

  • Code Editor
  • Web Browser

Some Common HTML Editors

  • Sublime Text 3
  • Visual Studio Code (very handy)
  • Notepad (too old now)
  • Atom etc.

Simple HTML Document

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html

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Mudassir Mairaj
Mudassir Mairaj

Written by Mudassir Mairaj

Software Engineer | Flutter Developer |

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