HTML Editor

For creating or editing a website requires a HTML editor or HTML Formatter, You need a simple text editor to learn HTML.

Here are some examples of text editors:


What is HTML editor or HTML formatter?

HTML editor or HTML formatter is a text editor with the help of which you can create and edit any text file,
Here we will tell about some important and free of cost HTML editors:


"Notepad" a simple text editor:

Notepad


"Notepad ++" text editor:

Notepad++


"Visual Studio Code" an advanced text editor:

VSCode

From the above text editors we will use "Notepad" here:



Learn HTML using "Notepad" for PC or "TextEdit" for Mac

  • Web pages can also be created and edited using professional HTML editors, but for beginners we suggest a simple text editor (Notepad).
  • However, for learning HTML we recommend a simple text editor such as Notepad for PC or TextEdit for Mac.
  • We believe that using a simple text editor is a great way to learn HTML.

Follow the steps below to create your first webpage with Notepad or TextEdit.



How to creat HTML document?

  • Open Notepad on your computer,
  • Write the following HTML code in Notepad or copy and paste the code from the following pattern into Notepad,

    Sample HTML document template

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>

    <head>
    <title>HTML template</title>
    </head>

    <body>

    <h1>This is a heading</h1>
    <p>This is a paragraph.</p>

    </body>
    </html>

    The HTML code written in Notepad will look like this:

    HTML Code Image

  • Save the HTML page:
    • Click "Save As" in File,
    • Type the name of your first file "index.html"
    • Select "UTF-8" in "Encoding" and save the file as follows:
      HTML Save as Image

  • View the HTML page in your browser:
    • Open the saved file in your favorite browser, double click on the file or right click and click "Open with" then select your favorite browser,
    • The result of the HTML you typed will look like this:
      HTML Document Image

Suggestions:

  • You can use .html or .htm as a file extension, no matter which of them you use.
  • You can type the name of the HTML file to your liking and need, but the file extension name .html or .htm must be written.