HTML

Markup languageRuns in every browserNo installs needed

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is what web pages are made of. It isn't a programming language: instead of instructions that run, you write tags that describe what is ON the page: headings, paragraphs, lists, links and buttons. Every website you have ever visited is HTML underneath, which makes it the friendliest place to start building things you can actually see. It pairs naturally with JavaScript (and later React), which is what makes HTML pages come alive.

First released

1991

Created by

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

Fun fact

Right-click any website and pick "View page source" to see its HTML

Where you'll see it

Every web page on EarthEmails & newslettersThe skeleton React builds onYour first website

Courses

Beginner

Intro to HTML

Headings, paragraphs, lists, links and buttons: build real pages that appear in a browser window as you finish them. 10 bite-size lessons, no experience needed.

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Beginner

Build a Website

HTML, CSS and JavaScript in three files, working as a team: colours, fonts, classes, hover effects, clicks and a night-mode switch. Your pages really run. 10 lessons that build on Intro to HTML and Intro to JavaScript.

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