Bare-Bones Basics of HTML
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Explain: Attributes
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Explain: Document structure
Explain: <!DOCTYPE html> — declares HTML5.
Explain: <html> — root element.
Explain: <head> — metadata: <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style>, <script> (usually not visible).
Explain: <body> — visible content: text, images, links, lists, etc.
Explain: Basic tags
Explain: <title>Your page title</title> — shown in browser tab (inside head).
Explain: Headings: <h1>…</h1> to <h6>…</h6>.
Explain: Paragraph: <p>Paragraph text</p>.
Explain: Links: <a href=”https://example.com”>link text</a>.
Explain: Images: <img src=”image.jpg” alt=”description”> (self-closing; include alt).
Explain: Lists:
Explain: Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul>
Explain: Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol>
Explain: Line break: <br>
Explain: Horizontal rule: <hr>
Explain: Provide extra info inside opening tag: <tag attribute=”value”>.
Explain: Common attributes: id, class, href, src, alt, title, style.
Explain: Nesting and well-formedness
Explain: Tags should be properly opened and closed and nested (e.g., <p><strong>text</strong></p>).
Explain: Example minimal page
Explain: Where to learn next
Explain: Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) HTML guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML
Explain: W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/
Explain: <!DOCTYPE html> — declares HTML5.
Explain: <html> — root element.
Explain: <head> — metadata: <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style>, <script> (usually not visible).
Explain: <body> — visible content: text, images, links, lists, etc.
Explain: <title>Your page title</title> — shown in browser tab (inside head).
Explain: Headings: <h1>…</h1> to <h6>…</h6>.
Explain: Paragraph: <p>Paragraph text</p>.
Explain: Links: <a href=”https://example.com”>link text</a>.
Explain: Images: <img src=”image.jpg” alt=”description”> (self-closing; include alt).
Explain: Lists:
Explain: Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul>
Explain: Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol>
Explain: Line break: <br>
Explain: Horizontal rule: <hr>
Explain: Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul>
Explain: Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol>
Explain: Provide extra info inside opening tag: <tag attribute=”value”>.
Explain: Common attributes: id, class, href, src, alt, title, style.
Explain: Tags should be properly opened and closed and nested (e.g., <p><strong>text</strong></p>).
Explain: Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) HTML guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML
Explain: W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/
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