What Is HTML Tag?

Do you want to learn about HTML tags? Great! Let's dive into the hypertext world and make some web magic. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. Every website you visit is made up of HTML. It's like a recipe book because it tells you what to put in and how to put it together to make a website look and work the way it should. Each HTML element is a building block of a webpage, and a tag shows it. These tags are the words in between the angle brackets, >. They tell the browser what to show and how to show it. For instance, the tag p> is for a paragraph, and the tag h1> is for the main heading. Every tag has a specific job, and some tags have attributes that give more information about the element. For example, the img> tag embeds images, and the "src" attribute tells you where the image came from. Now, let's talk about some of the most common HTML tags you'll use to make a webpage. The first thing you'll put in your code is the html> tag, which tells the browser that the file is an HTML file. Inside the html> tag, you'll find the head> and the body> tags, which are also very important. The head> tag has information about the document, such as the title shown on the browser tab. You can also add meta information that search engines can use, like the description and keywords. All the content shown on a webpage is in the body> tag. Headings, paragraphs, images, lists, and many other things can be added. CSS, which stands for Cascading Style Sheets, can also be used to style the content, but that's a topic for another day. When you want to link to another page or site, you can use the "href" attribute of the "a" tag. For example, a href=" https://www.google.com">Google/a> will link to Google's home page. Lists are a great way to organize content, and you can use either ordered lists with numbers (ol>) or unordered lists with bullet points (ul>). Inside the list tag, you can add list items with the li> tag. Tables are another way to organize content. The table> tag makes the table, the tr> tag makes a table row, and the td> tag makes a table cell. With the th> tag, you can add headers to the table. Now, let's talk about some technical terms you should know. How the code is written is called its syntax, and it's essential to be consistent and follow the rules. For example, every opening tag needs a closing tag, and a forward slash precedes the name of the closing tag. Document Object Model, or DOM, is how the browser shows a webpage as a tree, with each element as a node in the tree. This makes it easier for the browser to change the elements and for JavaScript to interact with the page. So, that's all! Now that you know the basics of HTML tags, you can make your first webpage. Don't be afraid to try new things and experiment. If you have questions, Google is your best friend. Happy coding!