History of HTML

HTML was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in late 1991 but was not released officially, published in 1995 as HTML 2.0. HTML 4.01 was published in late 1999 and was a major version of HTML. HTML is an evolving changing language With every new version, the standards revolving around it are constantly changing to allow for stricter, but cleaner and more efficient code that contains more features than before. Let’s start at the beginning..

 

HTML 1.0 

HTML 1.0 was released in 1993 with the intention of sharing information that can be readable and accessible via web browsers. But not many of the developers were involved in creating websites. So the language was also not growing.

HTML 2.0

HTML 2.0 was published in 1995. HTML 2.0 included everything from the original 1.0 specifications but added a few new features to the mix. HTML 2.0 which remained as the standard markup language for designing and creating websites until January 1997 and refined various core features of HTML. 

 

HTML 3.0

Then comes the HTML 3.0 and published in March 1995.