reading-notes

1. What is HTML and why do we use it?

HTML is a markup language—not a programming language—that uses tags to describe the structure of a webpage. These tags tell the browser how to display text, images, links, lists, forms, and other content.

2. What are 3 parts of a HTML element?

• opening tag- < body>
• element’s- “content”
• closing tag- </ body>

  3. What is it called when you give an element extra information?

• An attribute.An attribute provides additional details about an HTML element. Attributes always appear inside the opening tag.

  4. What is a semantic element?

• A semantic element is an HTML element whose name describes its purpose or meaning.

In other words:

A semantic element tells you what kind of content it contains just by looking at the tag.

Examples of semantic elements:

< header> — top section of a page

< nav> — navigation menu

< main> — main content

< section> — a section of related content

< article> — a standalone piece of content

< footer> — bottom section of a page