html Is Code

March 27, 2025

The very page appearing here results from code, called hypertext markup language, or html.

To say the name of the language, most people just pronounce the four letters, aitch, tee, emm, ell.

It turns something you write into something that other people can read easily on their phone, tablet or computer. The code part is not displayed. Instead, it tells the web browser software how to display the informational contents of the page.

The code consists of short bits of text enclosed within angle brackets, like this: . Such a thing is called a tag.

Tags usually come in pairs, like this:  

For example, a pair of these p tags tells the web browser to create a paragraph. The text of the paragraph goes in-between the pair of tags, like this:

The text goes in-between the pair of tags.

So you see, writing a web page actually involves writing code. First, spell out what you want the page to say or show, in plain words. Then, place html tags within the text, arranged in such a way that the page looks right in a web browser.

The Geek in me thinks it is kinda cool to write about code by... writing code.