Can someone please explain to me why we need to use the (attribute?) class when putting an image on the website?

Hey Giulia Filippini,

Here's the breakdown:

The <img> tag has two required attributes:

1. src - Specifies the path to the image.
2. alt - Defines alternate text, if the image for some reason cannot be displayed.

<img src=src="img/mountain.jpeg" alt="mountain">

For the best practice, you should always include the alt attribute. It's very useful for the user who is visually impaired and is using a screen reader, the screen reader will read the alt description to the user.

class attribute is optional. It can be used by CSS and JavaScript to perform certain tasks for elements with the specified class name.

For example, if you want to add a border on the image, you can select its class attribute:

<img src=src="img/mountain.jpeg" alt="mountain" class="img-moun">

.img-moun {
border: 1px solid red;
}

To learn more about the class attribute, check out this link: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_class.asp

Hope this helps!