HTML - Getting Started

What You Need

You don't need any tools to learn HTML at QcTutorials.

• You don't need an HTML editor
• You don't need a web server
• You don't need a web site

Editing HTML

HTML can be written and edited using many different editors like Dreamweaver and Visual Studio.

However, in this tutorial we use a plain text editor (like Notepad) to edit HTML. We believe using a plain text editor is the best way to learn HTML.

Create Your Own Test Web

If you just want to learn HTML, skip the rest of this chapter.

If you want to create a test page on your own computer, just copy the 3 files below to your desktop.

(Right click on each link, and select "save target as" or "save link as")

demofile.html

After you have copied the files, you can double-click on the file called "demofile.html" and see your first web page in action.

Use Your Test Web For Learning

We suggest you experiment with everything you learn at QcTutorials by editing your web files with a text editor (like Notepad).

Note: If your test web contains HTML markup tags you have not learned, don't panic. You will learn all about it in the next chapters.

.HTM or .HTML File Extension?

When you save an HTML file, you can use either the .html or the .html file extension. There is no difference, it is entirely up to you.