How does HTML work?

Similar function to Markdown, syntax defines how stuff should be displayed

HTML is based on beginning and closing tags <tagname>content</tagname>
- Note the “/” on the ending or closing tag of the pair

Compare markdown to html below

This below example shows comparison of a heading and paragraph. Click on links to see many more HTML examples.

%%markdown

### Markdown: This is a Heading

This is a paragraph

Markdown: This is a Heading

This is a paragraph

%%html

<h3>HTML: This is a Heading</h3>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

HTML: This is a Heading

This is a paragraph.

Attributes

Learn about attributes
Tags can have additional info in the form of attributes
Attributes usually come in name/value pairs like: name=”value”

<tagname attribute_name="attribute_value" another_attribute="another_value">inner html text</tagname>

href example with attribute for web link and inner html to describe link

<a href="https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp">Visit W3Schools HTML Page</a>

Sample Markdown vs HTML Tags

Image Tag - Markdown

![describe image](link to image)

Image Tag - HTML

<!-- no content so no end tag, width/height is optional (in pixels) -->
<img alt="describe image" src="link to image" width="100" height="200">

Link Tag - Markdown

[link text](link)

Link Tag - HTML

<a href="link">link text</a>

Bolded Text - Markdown

**Bolded Text**

Bolded Text - HTML

<strong>Bolded Text</strong>

Italic Text - Markdown

*Italic Text*

Italic Text - HTML

<i>Italic Text</i>

More tags (not really in markdown)

P tag (just represeants a paragraph/normal text)

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

Button

<button>some button text</button>

Div (groups together related content)

<!-- first information -->
<div>
    <!-- notice how tags can be put INSIDE eachother -->
    <p>This is the first paragarph of section 1</p>
    <p>This is the second paragraph of section 1</p>
</div>

<!-- second information -->
<div>
    <!-- notice how tags can be put INSIDE eachother -->
    <p>This is the first paragarph of section 2</p>
    <p>This is the second paragraph of section 2</p>
</div>

Resources

https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
I will show a demo of how to find information on this website

%%html
<div>
<h1>Hi</h1>
    <p>hi</p>
    <button>hi</button>
    <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hi">definition of hi</a>
    <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hi">another defintion of hi</a>
</div>

Hi

definition of hi another defintion of hi

Basics of HTML Guide • 5 min read

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