HTML

From IndieWeb

Comic of two people walking away from a warehouse store, one with a large cart of many boxes labeled with JavaScript toolchain tools, and another carrying a small box in his arms labeled HTML & CSS, with the former asking the latter a question about his choice. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the language used to create web pages, one of the building blocks of the IndieWeb.

How to

  • https://twitter.com/ludvikherrera/status/1489641828068569090
    • "Of course, when I mention HTML and content, it should be understood with all the nuance that is implied, from well-structured and written content, image captions, accessibility parameters, tidy and well-structured syntax, not only responsive but adaptive data + microformats." @ludvikherrera February 4, 2022

For how to use HTML to build web applications, see:

Quotes

  • 2018-04-02 "8 yo: We're learning to make websites at school.
    Me: Awesome, are you using Google Sites or something.
    8 yo opens a text editor and types in 6 valid lines of html.
    Me: ...
    8 yo: Dad, why are you crying?" @ethanwhite April 2, 2018

"Write code, not too much, mostly HTML"
@scottjehl

"HTML. It is the foundation of all web content. No matter what changes in the world of JavaScript. Always start with HTML. #HTML #A11y"
@Steady5063

  • https://indieweb.social/@raphaelluckom/109479104151482546
    • "The more I look at #webdev as a not-full-time practitioner, the more I start to appreciate what I think of as the #indieweb position:
      The basic document structure of the web is #HTML.
      The basic layout engine is #CSS.
      The more that a framework leverages these things directly--puts them in front of code authors and also expresses them clearly in its output, the better it is.
      The more a framework hides or misrepresents them or doesn't engage with their semantics, the worse it is."
      @raphaelluckom December 8, 2022

Tools

Command Line

  • pup - a tool for extracting information from HTML at the command-line.

Humor

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