Tables are used in web pages to present the information in a more useful way. Information about lists, calendar, mark sheets, product catalogue etc. can be easily provided with the help of HTML tables. Tables make it easy for the user to identify the relevant information quickly.
As discussed earlier, the HTML editors are those software applications which are used to design, create and manage high end web sites without writing HTML code. With HTML editors like Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe Dreamweaver, anyone can make web pages.
Forms are one of the vital elements of HTML. Today almost all the web pages are dynamic and interactive in nature. They are capable of receiving the input from the user and process it. As the e-commerce gained popularity, it became necessary for web developers to create web sites which are capable of taking the input from each user and update their records.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) refer to the language which is used to design the layout and presentation of a web document created in HTML, DHTML, XHTML or any other type of XML document.
Just like Microsoft FrontPage, Dreamweaver is also a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web development software.
HTML is used to create and design static web pages. It proved to be very useful and easy to understand and soon after its evolution it gained world wide popularity rapidly. But with the growth of internet and its related applications the internet users demanded something more in the websites. Web surfers were vigorously expecting more interactive, entertaining and exciting web content. Thus DHTML was introduced.
An applet is a small piece of software code, which runs in the web browser. It is developed to perform a very specific function. An applet cannot run independently; it proves to be useful only when it is used with some other applications such as HTML, DHTML etc.
As discussed earlier, Hyperlinks are those elements of HTML which makes it possible for us to navigate through different web pages or to different locations within a single web page. They are also used for adding e-mail support in the HTML document. In fact, hyperlinks act as the backbone of a website.