diff --git a/docs/html/how-html-works.md b/docs/html/how-html-works.md index 2999ece2f..e5835ef39 100644 --- a/docs/html/how-html-works.md +++ b/docs/html/how-html-works.md @@ -7,26 +7,218 @@ tags: [html, web-development, front-end-development, web-design, web-browsers, w description: In this tutorial, you will learn about How HTML works with web browsers and how web browsers render HTML content. --- -When a web browser requests an HTML file from a web server, it begins the process of parsing the HTML code. Parsing involves interpreting the HTML tags and their attributes to understand the structure and content of the web page. +> *We have already learned HTML in the previous tutorial. In this tutorial, we will learn about how HTML works with web browsers and how web browsers render HTML content.* -## The HTML Parsing Process -**1. Tokenization**: The browser breaks the HTML code into individual tokens, which are the basic building blocks of HTML. Tokens can be HTML tags, attributes, or text content. +HTML, which stands for HyperText Markup Language, serves as the backbone of the World Wide Web. It is the standard language used to create web pages, providing the structure and content that browsers render for users to interact with. Understanding how HTML works with web browsers is fundamental for anyone diving into web development. -**2. Lexical Analysis**: The browser analyzes each token to determine its type and whether it is a valid HTML element. This step ensures that the HTML code follows the correct syntax and structure. +## HTML: The Building Blocks of Web Pages -**3. Syntax Analysis**: The browser checks the HTML code for any syntax errors, such as missing or mismatched tags, and reports any errors it finds. +HTML is a markup language that uses tags to define the structure and content of web pages. These tags are enclosed in angle brackets (`<` and `>`), and they tell the browser how to display the content. For example, the following HTML code snippet creates a simple web page with a heading and a paragraph: -**4. DOM Construction**: The browser constructs a Document Object Model (DOM) tree based on the parsed HTML structure. The DOM tree represents the elements on the page and their relationships, allowing the browser to manipulate and interact with the content. + + + + ```html title="index.html" + + + + My First Web Page + + +

Hello, World!

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This is my first web page.

+ + + ``` -**5. Rendering**: After constructing the DOM tree, the browser proceeds to render the web page. Rendering involves interpreting the CSS styles applied to the HTML elements and laying out the content according to these styles. The browser combines the HTML structure, CSS styles, and any JavaScript interactions to display the web page as intended by the developer. +
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Hello, World!

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This is my first web page.

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-## How Browsers Handle User Interactions? -Web browsers also handle user interactions with the web page, such as clicking links, submitting forms, or interacting with multimedia content. -**1. Handling User Input**: When a user interacts with a web page, such as clicking a link or submitting a form, the browser sends a request to the web server to process the user's input. The server then responds with the updated content, which the browser renders accordingly. +In this example, the `

` tag creates a heading, and the `

` tag creates a paragraph. The browser interprets these tags and displays the content accordingly. HTML tags can be nested within each other to create more complex structures, such as lists, tables, forms, and more. -**2. Handling Multimedia Content**: JavaScript, a scripting language commonly used in web development, allows developers to create dynamic and interactive elements on the page. Browsers execute JavaScript code to respond to user actions and update the page dynamically. This includes handling events such as mouse clicks, key presses, and form submissions. +## How Web Browsers Render HTML -**3. Handling JavaScript Interactions**: Browsers handle multimedia content such as images, videos, and audio files by downloading and rendering them according to the specified formats and settings. For example, a browser may download an image file and display it on the page, or play a video file using the browser's built-in media player. +When a user requests a web page by entering a URL in the browser's address bar or clicking a link, the browser sends a request to the web server hosting the page. The server responds by sending the HTML content of the page back to the browser. The browser then parses the HTML code and renders the page on the user's screen. + +**The rendering process involves several steps:** + +1. **Parsing**: The browser parses the HTML document from top to bottom, identifying and interpreting each element and its attributes. It builds a Document Object Model (DOM) tree, which represents the structure of the web page as a hierarchical collection of nodes. Each node corresponds to an HTML element, such as a heading, paragraph, image, or link. + +2. **Rendering**: The browser uses the DOM tree to render the web page on the screen. It determines the layout of the page, including the position and size of each element, based on the **CSS** styles applied to the elements. The browser also calculates the visibility of each element, taking into account factors such as z-index, opacity, and overflow. + + :::info + **CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)** is a stylesheet language used to control the presentation of HTML elements on a web page. CSS allows developers to define styles such as colors, fonts, margins, padding, and layout properties to create visually appealing and responsive designs. + + ::: + +3. **Painting**: The browser paints the pixels on the screen according to the layout determined in the rendering step. It combines the content, styles, and layout to create the final visual representation of the web page. + +4. **Reflow and Repaint**: If the user interacts with the page, such as scrolling or resizing the window, the browser may need to reflow and repaint parts of the page to reflect the changes. Reflow involves recalculating the layout of the affected elements, while repaint involves updating the affected pixels on the screen. + +By understanding how web browsers render HTML content, web developers can optimize their code and design to create fast and responsive web pages. Techniques such as minimizing the use of inline styles, reducing the number of DOM elements, and optimizing images can help improve the performance of web pages and provide a better user experience. + +## Handling Content and Resources in HTML + +In addition to rendering HTML content, web browsers handle various resources associated with a web page, including: + +- **CSS Stylesheets**: Browsers download and apply CSS stylesheets to control the presentation of HTML elements. Stylesheets can be linked externally using the `` tag or embedded within the HTML document using the `