HTML

HyperText Markup language

What is it?

HTML is the most commonly used web programming language, it's actually not a programming language as such but more of a text formatting language. XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language) is the latest incarnation of HTML, which is partially HTML compatible but more strict in its parsing due to it's compliance with XML. However, most people still use HTML as of the version 4 specification, see the W3C World Wide Web consortium for more information.

Please note that I'm considering Javascript as an extension on top of HTML, it is not part of the HTML specification

Pros

• It's the basis for most websites
• Flexible text handling
• Easy to use
• HTML Browsers available for almost all operating systems

Cons

• Can't do much more than display text and graphics
• Results can be very different accross different browsers
• Limited control over layout, unless using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Somewhat verbose

Consider using for

• Producing webpages!
• Documentation

Some useful HTML links

• W3C World Wide Web consortium