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No one thinks the HTML as a CHEAP thing... If anyone thinks so, please tell me what that person is using as the alternative for HTML/xHTML.. If you know HTML, you can do the customizations of the webpages created in WYSIWYG HTML Editors.. If you want to create the websites with interactions, you must know the HTML..

HTML means HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE is the predominant markup language for web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content. HTML is the encoding the schema used to create a format a web document.

Yeah you have to learn HTML before you dive into any other web language. If you want to learn JS (javascript) or CSS you should at least have HTML down pact in order to be successful.

Hello friend, I think HTML is the first scripting language used for web designing. It is the base for all other scripting languages. The most important thing is, it is easy to learn and to use. The user doesn't need any guides to learn about HTML. The complete reference will make user a better web designer.