The Difference between HTML, XHTML & HTML5 for Beginners

The Difference between HTML,
XHTML & HTML5 for Beginners

For those who are just entering the world of
development, these commonly used words can be
confusing. It is true they all sound the same but the fact
is they are for difference reasons. They are a different
technology with different capabilities. All these three
languages are markup languages created for the web
and web development best practices. Let have a
comprehension of their difference in the world of
development.

To clear your confusion, let me explain each in brief
and then you can choose to develop your
understanding for the use of each of them.

What are Markup Languages?
These markup languages are designed specifically to work for
web development. Today, it is a foundation of the web and
everything you see is the combination of markup text, CSS
and front end scripts (interactivity) are based on mark up
languages. It is what creates the final web presence. It sets
the architecture of the website and gives it structure. These
mark up languages structures data. Unlike other languages
like Python or PHP or Ruby that guide the behavior of the
data and the databases.

The diagram give below represents the trends for HTML
and XHTML DOCTYPEs for websites:

•The HTML 5 DOCTYPE is now the most commonly used,
being used by over 70% of pages.
•XHTML 1.0 has dropped from 60% of pages in 2008, to fewer
than 15% of web pages in the recent times.
•HTML 4.01 has dropped from 20% of pages in 2008, to fewer
than 3% pages.
•The total sample size is over 15 million pages with around
250,000 new pages scanned per month.

So what is a DOCTYPE?
The full form is Document Type Declaration, or DOCTYPE.
It is piece of HTML code that tells which version of HTML
is being used.
For Instance:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN”>
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What is HTML?
Known as the Hyper Text Markup Language is
abbreviated to HTML. The world knows the importance
of HTML. We cannot really imagine the web without
HTML technology. All the static websites are based on
HTML markup language. It is in fact the first internet
based developed for website development. It can be
viewed on the browser via HTML where it is central to
the web development processes and has evolved along
with it. It is designed for a Static Structure.

An HTML tag commands the browser to make the changes
in the front end like the text features bold, italic or size. As
a developer, if you know HTML markup language, you can
easily create headlines, arrange text, add hyperlinks and
also edit. In case of dynamic website, JavaScript is
generally used along with HTML to include interactivity,
server side scripts. It leads to building a very effective
Front End development.

Among the Popular Websites using HTML
Google
Youtube
Facebook
Baidu
Yahoo
Amazon
Wikipedia
Google India
Qq
Twitter

What is XHTML?
The full form of XTML - eXtensible Hypertext Markup
Language.
It is very similar to HTML4 i.e. the fourth version of HTML
technology. It has elements of XML that extends capabilities
of HTML technology. XHTML is written in XML application
which is also a descriptive markup language that functions
more or less like HTML but handles data organization well.

XHTML was created before HTML5 in order to solve the
cross- browser compatibility issues. But since the
introduction of HTML5, these issues are resolved.
Although XHTML was providing more precise standards
and specification for a website to understand data and
then break it down for transmission. It can be a little
trouble in debugging. Since HTML4 is in use, the use of
XHTML is become obsolete. So you need to worry about
this part of the technology. Much confusion should be
clear now.

What is HTML5?
It is the latest and path breaking version of HTML
technology. HTML5 is a indeed proving the best
technology for developing UI and Front End
Development. It has come with a bang bringing new
features like HTML repertoire where it can do many
things on its own. HTML5 is being well known as the
hybrid of three types of coding technologies namely
HTML, CSS and Javascript.

It is culmination of these three much needed
technologies for UI development and HTML5 is
offering this to improve the development process for
web development experts. It is availing Front End
Development Specialists with agile, mobile friendly
and browser compatible website development
features.

Also, it has incorporated new APIs and features like
drawing, video playback, drag and drop effects which
were earlier possible only with integration of third
party plugins. Today, HTML5 is used by 80.3% of all
the websites who use HTML.
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