Hyper Text Markup Language is one of the most popular markup languages on the planet. HTML was declared as a markup language in 1993 and used on the web ever since over a million times. You can view its more detailed history on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

So why learn HTML?

Because learning HTML as a first step will help you into the awesome world of web developers. Why web development then? Because Web developers will constitute and already are the major stakeholders in the Computer Science Job industry.

What's so fun about it?

The cool thing is anybody can learn and master it regardless of their age, educational background, and whether they hold a CS degree or not. There are Garage keepers, butchers, science teachers etc who entered into IT job market just by doing an online course, boot camps and networking. Even you could become a web developer.

How do get started?

If you are new to computers then follow the instructions. I presume you are all on Windows. Just open the notepad and type the following command

1. Click Start and search for Notepad

   

2. Open Notepad and type the following command

   

3. Now Click "Save as option" and save the file in .html format

   

4. And that's it. Just double-click the file you just saved and open it in your favorite browser

   

Well done. You just wrote your first HTML Program. We will see how to properly set Web development environment and the software we will be using in the forth-coming articles.

That's all Devs for now