---
language: html
filename: learnhtml.html
contributors:
- ["Christophe THOMAS", "https://github.com/WinChris"]
translators:
- ["Robert Steed", "https://github.com/robochat"]
---
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.
It is a language which allows us to write pages for the world wide web.
It is a markup language, it enables us to write to write webpages using code to indicate how text and data should be displayed.
In fact, html files are simple text files.
What is this markup? It is a method of organising the page's data by surrounding it with opening tags and closing tags.
This markup serves to give significance to the text that it encloses.
Like other computer languages, HTML has many versions. Here we will talk about HTML5.
**NOTE :** You can test the different tags and elements as you progress through the tutorial on a site like [codepen](http://codepen.io/pen/) in order to see their effects, understand how they work and familiarise yourself with the language.
This article is concerned principally with HTML syntax and some useful tips.
```html
My Site
Hello, world!
Come look at what this shows
This is a paragraph.
This is another paragraph.
- This is an item in a non-enumerated list (bullet list)
- This is another item
- And this is the last item on the list
My Site
Hello, world!
Come look at what this shows
This is a paragraph.
This is another paragraph.
- This is an item in a non-enumerated list (bullet list)
- This is another item
- And this is the last item on the list
| First Header |
Second Header |
| first row, first column |
first row, second column |
| second row, first column |
second row, second column |
```
## Usage
HTML is written in files ending with `.html`.
## To Learn More
* [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML)
* [HTML tutorial](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML)
* [W3School](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp)