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Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML5) Tutorial for Beginners

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Introduction

HTML5 is the latest and most enhanced version of HTML. Technically, HTML is not a programming language, but rather a markup language. In this tutorial, we will discuss the features of HTML5 and how to use it in practice.HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML standard superseding HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, and XHTML 1.1. HTML5 is a standard for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.HTML5 is a cooperation between the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG).

New Features

  1. Simple
  2. Platform Independent
  3. Readable
  4. Audio and Video Support
  5. Flexible
  6. Linkable

HTML5 introduces a number of new elements and attributes that can help you in building modern websites. These HTML 5 tags (elements) provide a better document structure. These tags belong to many aspects such as graphics, media, and forms.This language is used to annotate (make notes for the computer) text so that a machine can understand it and manipulate text accordingly. Most markup languages (e.g. HTML) are human-readable. The language uses tags to define what manipulation has to be done on the text

Code Snippet

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html>  
   <head> 
      <meta charset = "utf-8"> 
      <title>...</title> 
   </head> 
  
   <body> 
      <header>...</header> 
      <nav>...</nav> 
      
      <article> 
         <section> 
            ... 
         </section> 
      </article> 
      <aside>...</aside> 
      
      <footer>...</footer> 
   </body> 
</html>