Get started with the building blocks of HTML, the markup language at the core of the internet.

Web Essentials

HTML is used to design standard web pages by using multiple tags and it can be used with multiple assistive languages like CSS and Javascript. In this module, you will learn about HTML tags from scratch. This module will also teach you how to code and create your own web pages using HTML in this interactive web development module for beginners.

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)

## Introduction

The need to store data in software programs cannot be overemphasized. 

On the web, we can use the web browser's storage to save some data on the user's machine, which your code can access when it is next executed on that browser.


## Storing data with HTML 5

With #key# HTML: HyperText Markup Language #key# 5, there are two basic ways to do this, known as **web storage objects**. 

They are as follows:

1. **`windows.localStorage`**
2. **`window.sessionStorage`**


## Local storage vs session storage 

The difference between the two objects is that `window.localStorage` retains stored data until the data is removed, which can be any length of time longer than that stored by `window.sessionStorage`. 

`window.sessionStorage` is just for a single session and can be destroyed when the browser is closed.


## Checking client browser support

It is best to check that the client browser supports the HTML storage objects, although this is supported by virtually all modern browsers today. 

We can check this support using the HTML `<script> ... </script>` code below.



# Introduction

The need to store data in software programs cannot be overemphasized. 

On the web, we can use the web browser's storage to save some data on the user's machine, which your code can access when it is next executed on that browser.


# Storing data with HTML 5

With #key# HTML: HyperText Markup Language #key# 5, there are two basic ways to do this, known as **web storage objects**. 

They are as follows:

1. **`windows.localStorage`**
2. **`window.sessionStorage`**


# Local storage vs session storage 

The difference between the two objects is that `window.localStorage` retains stored data until the data is removed, which can be any length of time longer than that stored by `window.sessionStorage`. 

`window.sessionStorage` is just for a single session and can be destroyed when the browser is closed.


# Checking client browser support

It is best to check that the client browser supports the HTML storage objects, although this is supported by virtually all modern browsers today. 

We can check this support using the HTML `<script> ... </script>` code below.



Before We Begin

HTML Tags

Semantic Web Page Layout with HTML

Self Evaluation

Conclusion

HTML Web Storage

Introduction

Storing data with HTML 5