What is an HTML File?
- HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
- An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags
- The markup tags tell the Web browser how to display the page
- An HTML file must have an htm or html file extension
- An HTML file can be created using a simple text editor
To edit HTML, use Notepad or SimpleText.
You can also easily edit HTML files using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor like FrontPage, Claris Home Page, Adobe PageMill or Dreamweaver instead of writing your markup tags in a plain text file.
But if you want to be a skillful Web developer, we strongly recommend that you use a plain text editor to learn your primer HTML.