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Html is a very easy language and also you don’t actually require any special software to write html codes, even though advanced and professional editors are available. However for quickly learning Html it is recommended to use a basic text editor while writing HTML codes.
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In windows use the Notepad and in Mac use TextEdit.
Opening a Text Editor
Notepad (PC)
Windows 8 or later:
Open the Start Screen (the window symbol at the bottom left on your screen). Type Notepad.
Windows 7 or earlier:
Open Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad
TextEdit (Mac)
Open Finder > Applications > TextEdit
Also change some preferences to get the application to save files correctly. In Preferences > Format > choose “Plain Text”
Then under “Open and Save”, check the box that says “Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text”.
Then open a new document to place the code.
Write the Code
Copy or Wrte a Hello World Html code
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Html Document</h1>
<p>Hello World</p>
</body>
</html>
Saving the File
Save the file on your computer. Select File > Save as in the Notepad menu.
Name the file “index.html” and set the encoding to UTF-8 (which is the preferred encoding for HTML files). You can use any name but the index.html is the name which web browsers first checks in a folder and uses it. If no index.html is found it just displays the file list.
So in order to hide the file list from the viewers it is best to have atleast one index.html in a folder. Ofcourse there are other ways to hide the file list.
You can use either .htm or .html as file extension. There is no difference, it is up to you.
Viewing the file
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Open the saved file in your favorite browser. You can either double click the file, drag and drop the file to the browser window, right click the file and choose open with or any other method you like. The result will look like this
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