Is HTML considered a programming language

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I guess the question is self-explanatory  but I m wondering whether HTML qualifies as a programming language  obviously the  L  stands for language      The reason for asking is more pragmatic mdash I m putting together a resume and don t want to look like a fool for listing things like HTML and XML under languages  but can t figure out how to classify them

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If you re going to say that HTML is a programming language  then you might as well include things such as word documents  as they too are based on ML  or  Markup Language    So  no  HTML is a not a programming language  It is called  markup  for that reason   Simply put--HTML defines content

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I think that it definitely has its place on a resume  Knowledge of HTML is valuable  and there really is a lot to know  what with cross-browser compatibility issues and standards which should be followed   I wouldn t list HTML under  programming languages  alongside C  or something  but it s worth noting your experience

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I think not exactly a programming language  but exactly what its name says  a markup language  We cannot program using just pure  HTML  But just annotate how to present content    But if you consider programming the act of tell the computer how to present contents  it is a programming language

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Well  L is for language  but it doesn t imply programming language  After all  English or French are  natural  languages too   -   As said above  put them under a subsidiary section  Technology seems to be a good term    Looking at my own resume  not updated in a while  I have made a section just called  Languages   so I can t get wrong     -D I have put   X HTML and CSS  XML DTD Schema and SVG  at the end of the section  clearly separated   In French  I have a section  Langages   programming and markup  and another  Langues   French English   In the English version  I titled both at  Languages   which is clumsy now that I think of it  although context clarify this  I should find a better formulation

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The  M  stands for a  Markup    It s a  Markup Language  not a programming language   Some people will disagree with this  but my opinion is that if it lacks logical constructs  conditional branching  iteration  etc  its not really a programming language   As for the resume  I would suggest putting HTML and XML under a section like  Technologies    I usually have a section like this where I list things like version control software  OS s I ve developed for  build systems  etc

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No  the clue is in the M - it s a Markup Language

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No  HTML is not a programming language  The  M  stands for  Markup   Generally  a programming language allows you to describe some sort of process of doing something  whereas HTML is a way of adding context and structure to text   If you re looking to add more alphabet soup to your CV  don t classify them at all  Just put them in a big pile called  Technologies  or whatever you like  Remember  however  that anything you list is fair game for a question    HTML is so common that I d expect almost any technology person to already know it  although not stuff like CSS and so on   so you might consider not listing every initialism you ve ever come across  I tend to regard CVs listing too many things as suspicious  so I ask more questions to weed out the stuff that shouldn t be listed      However  if your HTML experience includes serious web design stuff including Ajax  JavaScript  and so on  you might talk about those in your  Experience  section

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On some level Chris Pietschmann is correct  SQL isn t Turing complete  at least without stored procedures  yet people will list that as a language  TeX is Turing complete but most people regard it as a markup language   Having said that  if you are just applying for jobs  not arguing formal logic  I would just list them all as technologies  Things like  NET aren t languages but would probably be listed as well

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List it under technologies or something  I d just leave it off if I were you as it s pretty much expected that you know HTML and XML at this point

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In recruitment terms  having been on both sides of the fence  definitely put HTML under  programming languages   or perhaps more safely under  technologies   Yes  we all know that it is a Markup Language and not a Programming Language  but a  Recruitment Agencies don t know and don t care  and b  employers don t know and don t care  Really   And pointing out their ignorance will only serve you ill  And the techies who eventually see your CV will be grateful for a candidate who has heard of HTML  and won t worry about the taxonomy   Honestly  it isn t an issue

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In the advanced programming languages class I took in college  we had what I think is a pretty good definition of  programming language   a programming language is any  formal  language capable of expressing all computable functions  which the Church-Turing thesis implies is the set of all Turing-computable functions   By that definition  no  HTML is not a programming language  even a declarative one   It is  as others have explained  a markup language   But the people reviewing your resume may very well not care about such a formal distinction   I d follow the good advice given by others and list it under a  Technologies  type of section

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No - there s a big prejudice in IT against web design  but in this case the  real  programmers are on pretty firm ground   If you ve done a lot of web design work you ve probably done some JavaScript  so you can put that down under  programming languages   if you want to list HTML as well  then I agree with the answer that suggests  Technologies    But unless you re targeting agents who re trying to tick boxes rather than find you a good job  a bare list of things you ve used doesn t really look all that good   You re better off listing the projects you ve worked on and detailing the technologies you used on each  that demonstrates that you ve got real experience of using them rather than just that you know some buzzwords

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I get around this problem by not having a  programming languages  section on my resume  Instead I label it simply as  languages   and I stick HTML and CSS at the end  I d rather make life easier for the reviewer so that they can see whether mine checks-off all their requirements   Only fools would disregard an applicant because he or she listed HTML under  languages  instead of some other label  especially since there is no industry standard  And who wants to work for fools

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No - there s a big prejudice in IT against web design  but in this case the  real  programmers are on pretty firm ground   If you ve done a lot of web design work you ve probably done some JavaScript  so you can put that down under  programming languages   if you want to list HTML as well  then I agree with the answer that suggests  Technologies    But unless you re targeting agents who re trying to tick boxes rather than find you a good job  a bare list of things you ve used doesn t really look all that good   You re better off listing the projects you ve worked on and detailing the technologies you used on each  that demonstrates that you ve got real experience of using them rather than just that you know some buzzwords

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HTML is in no way a programming language    Programming languages deals with   proccessing functions    etc  HTML just deals with the visual interface of a web page  where the actual programming handles the proccessing  PHP for example    If anyone really knows programming  I really can t see how people can mistake HTML for an actual programming language

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YES  a declarative programming language   You really want to list the most important things you know that are relative to the job you re applying for on your resume  If you list ASP NET but don t list HTML  even though it s somewhat obvious  there are a lot of managers and or HR types that will assume you don t know HTML since it s not listed  I ve had it happen to me before   Update - Some say no it isn t a programming language  and you may not agree with me on this  but regardless on a resume it IS a programming language  You get HR types looking at your resume before the hiring manager even sees it  If the manager says you need to know HTML  and it s not listed in the  programming languages  section then the HR person may disregard you resume thinking you don t know it because it s not listed   Update 6-8-2012  Any instruction that tells the computer to do something is a programming language  So even after all these years  I still stand by my answer  HTML is a programming language  Something that isn t a programming language would be XML

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