Introduction to HTML

HTML, is an acronym which stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is the most widely used Markup language for creating web pages for the web, which means that with the knowledge of html, one can easily create a website.

-HTML Evolution

Html was created by Berners Lee in late 1991, and HTML 2.0 which was the first standard HTML specification was published on November 25, 1995. Later on, HTML 4.0 was also published in late 1999, and even though it's the major and most widely used version of html, the super HTML-5 which is an extension of HTML 4.0 is the latest, reigning, super-flavoured version of HTML as of the time of writing.

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-Why You Should Learn HTML

There's no doubt that the powers of the internet and the World Wide Web (www), has highlited HTML to be a very useful, demanding, and powerful web language for Developers, Marketers, and people in many other disciplines. As the knowledge of HTML will expose you to the following advantages.

• Create Websites- Html gives you the web super power of creating or editing already existing websites.
• Create Web Apps- It's now no new trend that the current HTML-5 offers the capability to create Web based applications.
• Understanding the Web- Am pretty sure when you hopefully dive into HTML, you get to know some things about the world wide web, and how they work.
• Easy migration to other languages- Undoubtedly, switching to other programming languages will be a breeze, when you wrap your head around HTML.
• Becoming a web designer- Learning HTML is clearly the beginning step of the journey to becoming a web designer.
• Surf the internet well- Yeah 🤷😃 you read it right, when you know what runs behind the various websites you visit on a daily basis, and how they are setup, it gives you a feeling of superpower 💪💪, and  this will make you surf the internet with a lot of ideas on how things are put up.
• E.t.c

-Where to learn HTML

There are uncountable resources for learning html and below are some links to various websites that you can kickstart your learning..

• https://www.w3schools.com/html/ 
• https://www.codecademy.com/
• https://dash.generalassemb.ly/
• https://www.lynda.com/
• https://www.learn-html.org
• Website Planet
  

-Conclusion

Whether you want to kickstart your career in web development, software development, web design, game development, mobile development, web app development, or any other tech related, and even non-tech related careers, the knowledge of HTML will undoubtedly be of no waste for you both now, tomorrow, and forever.