HTML Introduction & Page Anatomy

What is HTML?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the standard authoring language used worldwide to structure web pages and their content.

The Standard HTML5 Document Skeleton

Every modern HTML document begins with a <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that informs the browser rendering engine to parse the file using standard HTML5 mode:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>My First Web Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to E-Tutorial</h1>
    <p>This is your first step into modern web engineering.</p>
</body>
</html>

Core Elements Explained:

1. <!DOCTYPE html>: Declares document type as HTML5.
2. <html lang="en">: The root container element for the entire page.
3. <head>: Holds machine-readable metadata, character encoding, viewport configuration, and document <title>.
4. <body>: Contains all visible markup rendered in the browser viewport (text, images, links, tables, videos).