HTML is THE key building block in developing webpages. HTML provides the structure of a webpage in order to give it its form. You can think of it like a skeleton. HTML along with CSS and JavaScript are the fundamental technologies to build dynamic websites.
HTML is a mark up language. But it is not a programming one. Why? In order to be a programming language, it must have a way to provide for variables, conditions, loops and other constructs for dynamic coding. HTML has none of these abilities. It needs the help of other technologies in order to dynamically change its structure.
As a mark up language, HTML provides structure for the different elements that makes a webpage. This structure helps organize these elements and their attribute in logical ways to easily manage and manipulate them. Without this structure, it can be quite confusing to build webpages and even more daunting to support them.
HTML is very easy to learn and anyone can create a simple web page in minutes. However, with the multitude of different screen sizes and the different types of purposes to create webpages, HTML code can start to look mildly complex. It takes experience and understanding to use many of the different elements in the right combinations with the right attributes to make webpages look professional and come alive.
So, if someone comes up to you and ask if you can hack Facebook with HTML, now you know the answer and it is definitely NOT yes!
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