Interview Question

What is HTML parsing?

HTML parsing turns markup text into the page’s DOM tree.

💡 Concept ✅ Quick Revision 🌐 HTML

Answer

HTML parsing is how the browser reads HTML text and builds the DOM. • The browser processes markup from top to bottom. • It fixes some simple markup mistakes automatically. • Blocking scripts can pause parsing unless loading is handled carefully.

💡 Simple Example

<p>The browser reads `&lt;h1&gt;Hello&lt;/h1&gt;` and creates an h1 DOM element.</p>

⚡ Quick Revision

HTML parsing turns markup text into the page’s DOM tree.