The abbreviation HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, which can best be translated as hypertext markup language. It refers to a platform-independent or cross-platform document description language in text form in which web page content is written and structured.
It should be noted directly that HTML is not only used to create web page texts in the actual sense, but also web pages as a whole, including any images, videos, animated banners, cross-references and the like.
Before the advent of HTML, it was impossible to distribute or exchange information digitally over the Internet. For this reason, the "European Organization for Nuclear Research" known as CERN launched an internal project in 1989 to develop an easy-to-understand text markup language. The result of the project was the world's first version of HTML, which was released on November 3, 1992. From then on, HTML underwent continuous development.
A decisive milestone was the development of dynamic HTML documents. In simple terms this means web documents or web pages with animated or interactive content. The only problem was that several browser developers were working on the development of dynamic HTML versions independently of each other, which meant that serious compatibility problems could occur at the beginning, depending on the browser used and the web page opened.
Since the leading browser providers have agreed on a so-called Document Object Model (DOM), the aforementioned compatibility problems are largely a thing of the past. It should be noted, however, that minor differences may still occur due to possible differences between the current DOM standards. Finally, it should be mentioned that the current HTML version, which was introduced on 28.10.2014, bears the official version number 5, but strictly speaking it is already the 12th version.
HTML documents can be created with all common text editors without exception. For example, the "Editor" from Microsoft or "SimpleText" from Apple, to name only the best known. However, extensive HTML knowledge is required for this.
When creating HTML documents, it is necessary to adhere to a certain HTML structure. On the other hand, at least the most important HTML commands including the corresponding tags, marks and elements as well as their correct usage must be known. Fortunately, special programs for the creation of HTML documents have been available for quite some time now, with which even completely inexperienced laymen without any prior knowledge can create fully functional documents in HTML format very easily and quickly. In fact, there are now even so-called homepage construction kit systems, with which absolutely professional-looking can be created almost intuitively by "drag & drop", without having to create an underlying HTML document by hand.
It should be noted, however, that the possibilities offered by the aforementioned construction kits do not come close to the skills of an experienced HTML expert. Therefore, depending on the website that is to be created, it may still be advisable to turn to an expert with confidence.
