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How HTML files are created?

Steps to create html files

HTML pages can be created using a simple text editor like Notepad for Windows. Just type the HTML code in the editor and save the file using .html or .htm extension. There are several WYSIWYG editors available for developing HTML pages. In these editors, a page can be developed visually, just like a document in a word processor. The equivalent HTML is generated by the editor.

Almost all browsers have the option to show the source code of a web page. In Internet Explorer, we can view the source code of a page by selecting the Source option in the View menu. Viewing the source code of a page provides a good understanding of HTML as we get to know how the pages have been coded in HTML. Remember that the browsers can show only the HTML code of the page. They will not show any server side code or external scripting files.

As we have seen in this tutorial, we can design the pages in VWD Express IDE without the knowledge of HTML. It is a vast topic and cannot be covered in detail in this tutorial. However, as an ASP.NET developer, it is a good idea to have some knowledge of HTML.