Is HTML5 a programming language?

Question

Nowadays, we can use HTML5 to make apps, as in android, in firefox os, iPhone, Blackberry and others. But, I heard that HTML is a Markup language, not for programming. Even with

Answer 1

Short Answer: No.

Long Answer: No, it isn't. HTML as defined by the standard is just a markup language, exactly as it was in its previous versions.

But what does that mean? It means that it is supposed to structure your data allowing you also to define semantics with the use of markers, but it cannot process or modify your data as you would do using a programming language. Also it has no concept of input or output as is the case in programming languages​​, where you get an input to analyze and produce an output.

By the way HTML5 is coming out alongside a wider interest for the web and also stronger technologies (such as newer versions of javascript and css) which make new web applications even more powerful and limitless.

Please, read this great resource to learn more about HTML5.