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What Links and Images Do in HTML

A beginner-friendly look at how hyperlinks and images work in HTML.

Links create movement

Hyperlinks let people move through the web by clicking text or images that point somewhere else.

Images need a source

The browser needs a file path for an image, which is why the src attribute matters so much.

Attributes become more important from here

Links and images are two early examples that teach beginners how much useful information can live inside attributes.