Once you've covered the basics, there isn't one right path to learn {{Glossary("HTML")}}. You can pick up whatever you like at your own pace. HTML is simply a set of {{glossary("tag","tags")}} you can use to set up your document structure and add extra functionality to your document. The following articles explain thoroughly, with full working examples, how to use HTML for the most common, frequent Web development tasks. If you need a quick explanation of a tag, please head over to our HTML reference.
HTML covers a lot of very common use cases in Web design. It's highly likely you'll come across these scenarios:
The most basic application of HTML is document structure. If you're new to HTML you should start with this.
HTML specializes in providing semantic information for a document, so HTML answers many questions you might have about how to get your message across best in your document.
One of the main reasons for HTML is make navigation easy with {{Glossary("hyperlink", "hyperlinks")}}, which can be used in many different ways:
HTML only sets up document structure. To solve presentation issues, use {{glossary("CSS")}}, or use scripting to make your page interactive.
Beyond the basics, HTML is very rich and offers advanced features for solving complex problems. These articles help you tackle the less common use cases you may face:
Forms are a complex HTML structure made to send data from a webpage to a web server. We encourage you to go over our full dedicated guide. Here is where you should start:
Some information, called tabular data, needs to be organized into tables with columns and rows. It's one of the most complex HTML structures, and mastering it is not easy:
HTML is not monolingual. It provides tools to handle common internationalization issues.