HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language used to create and structure content on the web. It defines the building blocks of web pages using tags and elements to display text, images, links, forms, and more. In simple terms, HTML provides the skeleton of a website, which is then styled with CSS and made interactive with JavaScript.
Here’s a complete, structured HTML syllabus — perfect for learning from beginner to advanced level, or for building a coding course or tutorial roadmap 👇
Full HTML Syllabus and Topics:
1. Introduction to HTML
- What is HTML and how it works
- Structure of an HTML document (
<!DOCTYPE html>,<html>,<head>,<body>) - HTML syntax and tags
- Difference between HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Setting up your first HTML page
2. Basic HTML Elements
- Headings (
<h1>–<h6>) - Paragraphs (
<p>) - Line breaks (
<br>) and horizontal rules (<hr>) - Comments in HTML
- Text formatting tags (
<b>,<i>,<u>,<strong>,<em>,<mark>,<small>,<sup>,<sub>)
3. Links and Navigation
- Creating hyperlinks with
<a> - Absolute vs relative URLs
- Opening links in new tabs (
target="_blank") - Linking to email or phone (
mailto:,tel:) - Navigation menus and internal page linking
4. Images and Multimedia
- Adding images with
<img> - Attributes:
src,alt,width,height - Embedding audio (
<audio>) and video (<video>) - Using
<source>and fallback content - Embedding external content (YouTube, maps, etc.)
5. Lists
- Ordered lists (
<ol>) - Unordered lists (
<ul>) - Definition lists (
<dl>,<dt>,<dd>) - Nesting lists
- Creating navigation menus with lists
6. Tables
- Creating tables with
<table>,<tr>,<td>,<th> - Adding captions, borders, and headers
- Using
<thead>,<tbody>,<tfoot> - Merging cells (
colspan,rowspan) - Styling tables with CSS
7. Forms and Input
- The
<form>element and its attributes (action,method) - Input types (
text,email,password,number,checkbox,radio,file,date, etc.) <label>,<textarea>,<select>,<option>- Buttons (
<button>,<input type="submit">) - Form validation and accessibility basics
8. Semantic HTML
- Understanding semantic vs non-semantic elements
- Semantic tags:
<header>,<nav>,<main>,<article>,<section>,<aside>,<footer> - Importance of semantic HTML for SEO and accessibility
9. HTML5 Features
- New semantic elements in HTML5
<video>and<audio>APIs<canvas>and drawing basics<progress>,<meter>,<details>,<summary>- Local storage, session storage basics
- Geolocation API overview
10. Metadata and SEO Essentials
- The
<head>section and metadata <title>,<meta>tags (description, keywords, viewport, charset)- Favicon setup
- Open Graph and social media meta tags
11. HTML Accessibility (A11y)
- Using
alttext properly - ARIA roles and attributes (
role,aria-label, etc.) - Tab order and keyboard navigation
- Contrast and readability considerations
12. HTML Best Practices
- Clean, readable indentation
- Using lowercase and closing tags properly
- Minimizing inline styles and scripts
- Responsive design with proper structure
- Validating HTML code (W3C Validator)
13. Advanced Topics (Optional)
- Custom data attributes (
data-*) - Integrating HTML with CSS Grid and Flexbox
- Embedding SVG and vector graphics
- Using
<template>and<slot>(for web components) - Microdata and Schema.org for structured data
14. Project Practice Ideas
- Personal portfolio webpage
- Blog or article layout
- Resume page
- Product landing page
- Simple form submission page
Also read: 10 steps to start coding!!!