HTML Introduction ~ DevJunctionPoint

What is HTML5?

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language
Hypertext is Text which contains links to other texts
markup language it's a way to give instructions to the computer about how content should be organized and displayed.
Hypertext --> Hyperlink
HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
HTML describes the structure of a Web page

Syntax:

<opening tag> content <closing tag>
<h1>Content</h1>

The new HTML 5 will provide far better consistency in terms of HTML code which is used to design a web page

Cleaner Code

HTML 5 will allow developers to make use of cleaner code. New structural elements like article tags and section tags are introduced replacing most div tags

Client-side database

HTML 5 will offer a new SQL-based database API to facilitate data storage locally i.e. client side

Geo-Location

Any HTML 5 compatible browser-based application can be directly used for finding out a location with the new HTML 5 geo-location APIs.

Video and audio streaming support

HTML5 provides support for adding videos and audio to the web pages which creates more interactive websites.

History of HTML

HTML was created by Tim Berners-Lee in the year 1991 but it was not released till 1995 as HTML 2.0