Introduction to HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

HTML : Features, Properties and Limitations :

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the industry standard language for describing the contents and the layout of a Web page. HTML is mode up of tags and attributes that works together to identify document parts and tell the browser how to display them. HTML documents are also known as web pages or web documents. Each Website is composed of multiple pages and one can switch among the pages using hyperlinks. The collection of HTML pages makes world-wide web or website. A web page or HTML document is basically a text file that contains text matter, images, sounds and hyperlink to other pages and commands to formate them.

HTML on Web Browser - Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer etc :

Post an HTML document on a computer, so that user can access and display it on their browser. The computer that posts the document is known as web-server and must run a special application called web-server application. The acknowledges the request made by the client and supplies the requested document. The browser on the client side gets the document and display it on the screen.

Advantages :

1. HTML is easy to use, learn and implement.
2. No special software is required and there is no need to buy HTML software.
3. It contains powerful text formatting facilities (commands/tags).
4. HTML page can be created on any hardware platform using any text editor.
5. Because of hyper linking facility, visitor or user can traverse to any HTML document.
6. Finding an error is easy.
7. If compatibility with user habits, expectations & multiple platforms is the goal, then, HTML is the only approach to develop a web application.

Disadvantages :

1. HTML is not programming Language in true sense.
2. Any type of calculation cannot be done in HTML and it cannot be used to display even date.
3. No separate/special debugger is provided.
4. Code complexity increases to make more interactive web page.
5. Complex HTML code is card to read and understand.
6. Syntax errors are not identified or display by HTML.