Hello, HTML World!

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Create a file named index.html and open it in your text editor
All HTML documents should begin with a DOCTYPE declaration. This does not require a closing tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>

The most basic HTML structure includes a DOCTYPE declaration, an HTML tag, a head tag, and a body tag. This looks like the following:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

We will now add some text to our first web page! Inside of the <body> tag, let's add the following text:

Hello, world!

So it looks like this: html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body> Hello, world! </body> </html>

We will now open our first web page using a web browser
Enter open index.html into your terminal
- or on Windows, use start index.html
- or enter pwd and copy and paste the directory path into your browser (chrome), then click on the index.html file

In your browser, open the "Developer Tools" window
- On Mac - ⌘ + Shift + C
- On Windows / Linux - Ctrl + Shift + C or F12
- Or: right click on the page and select 'inspect'
If it isn't clear, find and click on the elements tab
Notice how the HTML tags are displayed
You can do this for any website to examine how it is structured
- or to change its colors, or remove ads, or...?