HTML with its pros and cons

Definition

This is the language that Web pages are written in. If you want to create really great Web pages then you will need to learn this. As far as computer languages go this is the easiest to learn. You can create a Web page without it using a Web page editing program but the program will still use HTML to create the page.
Advantages Of HTML

• Easy to use
• Is very easy to pickup\learn
• Easy to learn & code even for novice programmers
• Supported on almost every browser, if not all browsers.
• Simple to edit only requires a text editor.
• Can be used to present just about any kind of data.
• Free – You need not buy any software

Disadvantages Of HTML

• It is static needs to be manually updated or needs some scripting support to change it in some way.
• It cannot produce dynamic output alone, since it is a static language
• Deprecated tags appear because another language that works with HTML has replaced the original work of the tag; thus the other language needs to be learned (most of the time, it is CSS)
• Very limited styling capabilities (we’re not talking css here!)
• You have to keep up with deprecated tags, and make sure not to use them
• Security features offered by HTML are limited
• Widely used; established on almost every website, if not all websites.

Features Of HTML

• Web Workers: Certain web applications use heavy scripts to perform functions. Web Workers use separate background threads for processing and it does not effect the performance of a web page.
• Video: You can embed video without third-party proprietary plug-ins or codec. Video becomes as easy as embedding an image.
• Canvas: This feature allows a web developer to render graphics on the fly. As with video, there is no need for a plug in.
• Application caches: Web pages will start storing more and more information locally on the visitor’s computer. It works like cookies, but where cookies are small, the new feature allows for much larger files. Google Gears is an excellent example of this in action.
• Geo location: Best known for use on mobile devices, Geo location is coming with HTML5.