HTML Tutorial for Beginners - 19 - Attributes

In this video, we'll discuss HTML attributes.

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, and it's the code used to create web pages. HTML attributes are extra pieces of information that you can add to HTML tags to provide additional details or instructions about an element. Attributes are always written inside the opening tag of an HTML element and are made up of two parts: a name and a value.

Let's break this down in simpler terms:

HTML Tags: Think of HTML tags as containers that hold content on a web page. For example, <p> tags are used for paragraphs, and <img> tags are used for images.

Attributes: Attributes are like special instructions you can give to these containers. They help define how an element should behave or look.

Name and Value: Attributes have a name, which tells the browser what kind of instruction you want to give, and a value, which provides the specific details for that instruction.

For example, let's look at an <img> tag with attributes:
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<img src="image.jpg" alt="A beautiful landscape">
Here, src is the name of the attribute, and it tells the browser where to find the image file.
"image.jpg" is the value of the src attribute, which is the specific image file's location.
alt is another attribute that provides alternative text for the image (useful for accessibility).
"A beautiful landscape" is the value of the alt attribute, describing the image.
So, HTML attributes are like little helpers that make your web page elements more informative and functional. They are an essential part of creating web content.