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Hypertext
Hypertext is a piece of text that has the special feature of linking to another document or web
page.
Markup Language
Markup Language is a language that uses special symbols called tags to mark up a text document
and instructs the browser how to display the text.
Key Features of HTML5
Some of the important features of HTML5 are:
• It is a platform-independent language.
• It allows us to build tables.
• It allows us to add links on the web page.
• It is not a case-sensitive language.
• It is a very easy and simple language.
• It provides a flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
Types of HTML Editor
There are mainly two types of HTML editors: WYSIWYG editors and Text editors. Let us now
discuss these editors.
WYSIWYG Editor
WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get. This type of editor allows the developer
to see what the end result will look like when the document is created. These editors provide
various tools and graphical interfaces for designing web pages. Examples of WYSIWYG editors
are Adobe Dreamweaver, Amaya and Google Web Designer.
Text Editor
We can create HTML documents using normal text editors like Notepad or Wordpad. The user
should have a proper knowledge of the HTML commands to develop a web page in Text Editor.
i + TAGS AND ATTRIBUTES
As we know, HTML is a markup language. It uses tags to markup the content of the web pages.
These tags also have attributes. Let us learn more about tags and attributes.
Tags
Tags are the basic building blocks of a web page. They tell the browser how the information is
to be displayed on the web page. Tags do not appear in the browser window but they affect
the display of the text and non-text items within it. Each tag in HTML follows specific rules and
syntax. HTML tags are not case-sensitive.
In HTML document, a tag name begins with an opening angular bracket (<) and ends with
closing angular bracket (>).
For example,
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