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Bare-Bones Basics of HTML

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. It uses tags to structure content. Key points: - Document structure - <!DOCTYPE html> — declares HTML5. - <html> — root element. - <head> — metadata: <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style>, <script> (usually not visible). - <body> — visible content: text, images, links, lists, etc. - Basic tags - <title>Your page title</title> — shown in browser tab (inside head). - Headings: <h1>…</h1> to <h6>…</h6>. - Paragraph: <p>Paragraph text</p>. - Links: <a href="https://example.com">link text</a>. - Images: <img src="image.jpg" alt="description"> (self-closing; include alt). - Lists: - Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul> - Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol> - Line break: <br> - Horizontal rule: <hr> - Attributes - Provide extra info inside opening tag: <tag attribute="value">. - Common attributes: id, class, href, src, alt, title, style. - Nesting and well-formedness - Tags should be properly opened and closed and nested (e.g., <p><strong>text</strong></p>). - Example minimal page <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>My Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello</h1> <p>This is a minimal HTML page.</p> <a href="https://example.com">Visit example</a> </body> </html> - Where to learn next - Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) HTML guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML - W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/ Tips: start by editing the example file, open it in a browser, and change tags/attributes to see effects.

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Explain: W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/

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W3C vs. W3Schools — What they are and when to use them

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- W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) - What it is: The official international standards organization that develops and publishes web standards (including the HTML specification). URL: https://www.w3.org/ - What you’ll find there: Formal specifications (normative language), recommendations, validator tools, accessibility standards (WCAG), and working-group documents. - Best for: Definitive reference about how HTML must behave, advanced details, and standards compliance. Use when you need authoritative, precise rules (e.g., for interoperability or building browsers/tools). - Style: Technical and formal; not a beginner tutorial. - W3Schools - What it is: A popular, independent educational website offering tutorials, examples, and interactive “Try it yourself” editors for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more. URL: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ - What you’ll find there: Easy-to-follow beginner-friendly tutorials, concise examples, live editing, and quick reference pages. - Best for: Fast hands-on learning, practicing basic code snippets, and getting up to speed quickly. - Caveat: Historically less authoritative and occasionally out-of-date or simplified; cross-check with MDN or the W3C spec for correctness on edge cases. - How to use them together - Learn basics and practice on W3Schools (or MDN) to build intuition. - Consult MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) for practical, accurate docs and examples: https://developer.mozilla.org/ - Use the W3C spec when you need the definitive technical rules or to resolve ambiguous behavior. - When in doubt about compatibility, check MDN’s browser-compatibility tables or the W3C spec. References - W3C: https://www.w3.org/ - W3Schools HTML tutorial: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ - MDN Web Docs (recommended practical reference): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML

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