The coding language that adds structure to a website is HTML(Hypertext Markup Language). What it means is that you can publish documents on the internet with headings, text, tables, text, lists, and photos. Without HTML, there would be no website, or rather, there would be no purpose for the website without HTML because it tells the webpage what elements should be displayed where. It can also retrieve online information by using links. Also, it can design forms for transactions such as ordering products like amazon, making reservations at a restaurant, and more. Lastly, it includes the documents’ spreadsheets, video clips, and sound clips for easy access. I was wondering when making a website, what comes first, HTML, CSS, or Javascript? Also, if you had to pick a coding language, which would it be and why?
Hi Montajim,
I like how you said that without HTML, there would be no website because HTML tells webpages where elements should be displayed where, and I totally agree with this. Even if you were able to code the whole backend of the website with JavaScript or something similar, the actual parts of the page to be interpreted by the client web browser is HTML–web browsers interpret HTML. They cannot interpret the structures with some other code, and without HTML, we would just have a blank page. Even website templates like Wix are coded with HTML, and then they allow the HTML tags to altered in a user friendly way for clients who do not have much knowledge with HTML.
Hello Montajim,
Thank you for your post. I think that the example you included was very helpful in understanding what HTML is used for. In your example, you can see that the HTML is either the “head” or the “body”. This representation shows how HTML is the backbone of the webpage. I think one of the most important topics of this chapter is that you need Javascript to make this webpage interactive while also incorporating HTML and CSS. I think that the example you provided is a clear representation of what that relationship looks like when used together.