Creating a Simple HTML Document

Study Notes

HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language, is the standard markup language used to create web pages and web applications. It provides the structure and basic content for web pages and serves as the foundation for web development.

To create a simple HTML document, follow these steps:

Start with content: The first step is to identify the content you want to include on your web page. This could be text, images, or other multimedia elements.
Give the document structure: Use HTML elements to describe the content and provide structure to your page. For example, you can use the <h1> element for headings, <p> for paragraphs, and <img> for images.
Add an image: To include an image, you'll need to use the <img> element. This element takes an src attribute, which specifies the URL of the image you want to include. Additionally, you can use the alt attribute to provide alternative text for the image, which is displayed if the image cannot be loaded.
Change the page appearance with a style sheet: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow you to control the layout and appearance of your HTML content. By linking a CSS file to your HTML document, you can apply styles to different elements on your page.

To create a basic HTML document, you can use a text editor like Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac OS X) and save the file with the .html extension. You can then open the file in a web browser to see how it appears.

For more advanced HTML and CSS, you can explore resources like the HTML5 Boilerplate (https://html5boilerplate.com/), which provides a basic structure for HTML5 documents, or the CSS Grid Layout (https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/), which offers a comprehensive guide to using CSS Grid for layout.