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HTML tags can be distilled into this syntax:
<tagname attribute="value"></tagname>
Th e tag always has a tag name, may have an attribute, and when there is
an attribute, the best practice is to always give the attribute a value.
Keep this syntax in mind for later; being able to recognize patterns like this
one makes it easy to detect when tags fall outside the pattern.
Here’s a little quiz for you. What’s wrong with the HTML tag below?
<p class, highlight>Hunting for clues</p>
I know you caught it: the attribute and value were in the wrong format.
Rather, it should be like this:
<p class="highlight">Clues found!</p>
Th e CSS pattern is analogous, which you will soon see. With both HTML and
CSS, once you have the patterns down, you’ll be able to recognize them and
know when a tag or a style declaration has gone wrong.
