Personal Portfolio Webpage - Build a Personal Portfolio Webpage

[MmaGod]

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I'm actually done with my portfolio page, i went ahead to read freeCodeCamp's documentation on codepen just to see what I could have done better - I'm still navigating through this journey of web design. 

Attached here is something i don't quite understand. Why are the codes wrapped up with a span, less than, backslashes and greater than signs? What does this method do?

Instead of span why not divs
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Challenge: Personal Portfolio Webpage - Build a Personal Portfolio Webpage

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[ties]

The <span> tag is the inline equivalent of the <div> tag (which is a block-level element).

here is something i don’t quite understand. Why are the codes wrapped up with a span, less than, backslashes and greater than signs? What does this method do?

Those pieces of text are known as entities and are used to display reserved characters, which otherwise would’ve been interpreted as HTML code.

[hbar1st]

A div element is used for block-level organization and styling of page elements, whereas a span element is used for inline organization and styling .

[MmaGod]

Thank you guys, now I understand.