html is hard
It's been a while since I first learnt HTML.
I did it by finding elements that solved the challenges I was facing at the time.
This was a great introduction to the language, but I think it's time to gain an holistic view by reading the complete MDN web docs for each element!
This page will be a compendium of everything I find interesting, confusing or worth noting down as I complete this gargantuan task.
document metadata
<html>
You can leave out the start and end tags as long they're not followed by a comment.
Why would you do this? You should always put a lang attribute on it anyway.
: I've actually started omitting the closing tag (and a bunch of other optional tags) on this website as part of an experiment in lean HTML.
I quite like it.
<base>
I never understood the point of a browsing context.
Turns out it allows you to specify whether links open in the same or a new tab.
Handy.
<link>
The media attribute allows media queries, so you can load specific stylesheets for different sizes for example.
A link can have event handlers, but no one knows why.
To be continued…