HTML Tutorial - Summary

HTML is a markup language and can be easily created using a text file. If you use the html Tags discussed in the tutorial you can create your own website. You can write your own text, add graphics, create links etc.

Remember that the HTML is the basics in creating webpages. It is not only used in the webpages with extension .html or .htm, it is used in all webpage creators with extension .aspx, .php etc. In short all the webpages use HTML, it may be of any extension. It is to be noted that webpages with extension .aspx, .php etc are used to do server side processing, like accessing database or writing to a file.

It should be very clear that learning the HTML is the first step in conquering the Internet World.

What Next After HTML

After learning HTML, you have to learn the CSS and Javascript.

CSS is used to format the webpage and in creating a layout. It is usually a file that exists seperately and acts as a central location from which the formating and layout of the website can be controlled.

Javascript adds to the dynamic effects that can be created on the webpage. It reacts to the events and make it more user friendly interface. This is easy to learn and execute, to give very desired effects, making the webpage more dynamic. This Javascript is widely used as it is supported by almost all web browsers.

If you have finished learning the HTML, CSS and Javascript. Then you have to learn SQL that is used in accessing the Database. Later use your SQL skills in servrside webpage creators like ASP.net, PHP etc. and create web applications that store data and rerieve them in the form of reports.

We may not have tutorials on CSS, Javascript, ASP.net and PHP, it is our goal to have a tutorial that teaches all these. We will be creating these tutorials soon.

Hosting Your Own Website

It is very easy to host your website. Need to choose the best hosting service provider according to your need from many of the hosting providers. Do your research on the internet on your requirement and your budget.

All the service providers will provide you with unlimited space that will be more than sufficient for your website. They usually offer database support to create websites that needs data to be stored and retrieved. Usually web applications that require less interaction with database can use the free of cost databases. The web applications that are expected to have lot of data storage and retrieval may need a payed database with dedicated servers.

You may be tempted to think, it would be easy to host a server from your home, its not that easy. You will need a 24 hour internet connection and redundant power supply. If you come up with internet and power supply, you have to buy softwares that will be usually working out costlier than any service provider.