Developing Web Applications

Text and HTML

HTML is the basic formatting language of Web pages. Just like a printed page, text on a Web page can include a variety of font faces, colors, font weights and attributes, spacing, and columns. In addition, Web pages can include tables, frames, and HTML forms. Web applications make heavy use of tables and forms to display data, organize application elements, and collect user input.

HTML adheres to a set of standards that makes it usable over the entire Internet, as well as on intranets. For more information about HTML standards, either see the W3C home page at http://www.w3.org or consult your HTML reference materials. For information about the newest extensions to HTML, see Dynamic HTML.