Mission 0: System Fundamentals
System Briefing: The Language of the Web
Before repairing the interface, you must understand its core language: HTML (HyperText Markup Language). It's not a programming language; it's a markup language used to structure content and give it meaning. Think of it as the steel frame of a starship—it defines the rooms, hallways, and bridge, but doesn't paint the walls or operate the computers.
Anatomy of an HTML Element
HTML is made of elements, which you create using tags.
<p class="status-report">Vitals: Stable</p>
- Opening Tag:
<p>. This starts the element. - Content: "Vitals: Stable". This is the actual information the element holds.
- Closing Tag:
</p>. Note the forward slash. This ends the element. - Attribute:
class="status-report". Attributes provide extra information about an element and are always in the opening tag.
In the upcoming missions, you will use different tags to rebuild the station's interface, piece by piece.