Welcome To Web Development Front End Articles and Guide Let's start with the Basics! What is HTML? HTML, an acronym for HyperText Markup Language, is a computer language for creating websites and web applications. Consisting mainly of a series of codes usually written in a text file and then saved as html, code written in the HTML language translates into a beautiful, well-formatted text or a combination of text and media when viewed through a browser. HTML was first developed by British physicist Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, and it has gone through so many evolutions since then that the most recent version can achieve far more than was imagined possible when the language was first invented. In this tutorial, we will be going through the basics of the HTML language and all you need to know to get started with HTML as a beginner. Basic Building Blocks of HTML Once you’ve decided on the HTML editor you want to use, the next step is to understand the building blocks of ...