HTML

HTML became a public phenomenon in the early 1990s. Originally, HTML was created to describe the structure and content of textual documents with basic functionality, such as links and simple forms.

HTML is an XML-like markup, and is essentially the display language of browsers. Every browser-based app, at its very core, returns structured HTML to the browser. The browser then parses the HTML and generates the HTML DOM, and then finally renders it to the screen.

Essentially, HTML is comprised of structural and semantic elements that instruct the browser of the structure and content. The following is a simple example of HTML:

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Hello HTML!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Welcome to HTML!
  </body>
</html>

The current HTML version is 5.2, which was published in December 2017. With HTML 5, it advanced to include more elements, including native media and extended forms of support.

While HTML hasn't progressed in a major way in recent years, it is not going away. First, as noted, it is the display language of browsers, but that's not all. Actually, many other tools support HTML in various ways, with the ability to view as well as generate it. HTML is still one of the most interoperable and cross-platform display languages today.

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