# Hello World! (in HTML)
## The Task
Create a file called `index.html` that has the very basic [structure of an HTML](#the-structure-of-html) file. The title should be "My First Web Page!" (without quotes) and the body should contain "Hello World!" (without quotes). Do it using only a plain text editor (leafpad, notepad, etc...). Remember to save the file in your editor before you refresh the browser.
**Confused?** Read on. **Ahead of the game?** There is [a second task](#a-second-simple-task) below, so ***keep reading***.
It is important to know that Word and Google Docs are not *plain text* editors. They have formatting. Notepad in Windows is a great example of a plain text editor - you cannot format the text, create headings, etc. You can only type.
### What you need to know
HTML is [**not** a programming language](https://ischool.syr.edu/infospace/2012/04/05/why-html-is-not-a-programming-language/). It is a ***markup*** language. That means it describes how information will **look** or be presented through an application that can interpret it (a web browser).
**H**yper**t**ext **M**arkup **L**anguage uses "tags" to decide how information or media will be presented. For example, this **bolded text** would be surrounded by `` and `` tags (or something similar - it has changed many times over the years).
Here is my *interactive* video on [HTML - The Very Basics](https://scrimba.com/c/crNVq6cM).\
[
](https://scrimba.com/c/crNVq6cM)<- 18 minute intro to HTML (shorter version coming soon)
### What does that have to do with Hello World?
[Normal Hello World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program#History) actively "prints" Hello World to the **screen** based on a *command* in a programming language. Typically this would be to [the console](https://www.google.com/search?q=terminal+or+console\&source=lnms\&tbm=isch) or [standard output](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch\&q=standard+output\&oq=standard+output) (like a terminal window) but these days we want pretty output to our phone, monitor, television, or projector - anything that can display a pretty picture.
We are going to make our first attempt at displaying text in a webpage by learning the very basics of HTML. Keep in mind, this is not programming in the traditional sense - we cannot do math or react to clicks or interact (yet).
## The Structure of HTML
HTML documents have two main parts - `HEAD` and `BODY`. Similar to you as a human, your thoughts are kept private in your head but we can see you body and even put makeup and clothing on it.
A **document** is made of chunked text that might have beginning and ending `tags` to describe or provide a style to the text (like **bold** or *italics*). Here is the basic structure of an empty HTML file:
```markup
```
It is an HTML file because of the first tag, ``, and lets us know when the HTML code is finished because of the ending (or closing) tag `` at the very bottom. You can see it has a `` which ends at `` and similarly, it has a `` where the actual visible content goes.
## A Second (simple) Task
Your `index.html` file is pretty boring. Let's spice it up.
There are heading tags with predefined formats for quickly creating a larger, **bold** heading. Try wrapping your `Hello World!` text with `` and `
` save the file and refresh your browser. It should look bigger and bolder. There are 6 of these heading tags `` through ``. Play around with them a bit to see the differences between them.
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