- Foreword
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- 0. Write HTML
- 1. Aim for a Good Balance
- 2. Fight Divitis
- 3. Stop Closing Void Elements
- 4. Minimize Attributes
- 5. Beware Metadata Madness
- 6. Question Table Buttons
- 7. Question Button Links
- 8. Try to Do Without
- 9. De-Duplicate Content
- 10. Challenge Yourself, Even When It’s Art
- Outro
- Feedback
- About the Author
- About Upgrade Your HTML IV
Upgrade Your HTML IV
10 More Examples to Improve Your Markup
The Upgrade Your HTML series is about one thing: Picking examples of HTML in the wild, and explaining how to make that code better. Kindly. Constructively. Thoroughly, as finding a balance between detail and brevity permits.
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The Upgrade Your HTML series is about one thing: Picking examples of HTML in the wild, and explaining how to make that code better. Kindly. Constructively. Thoroughly, as finding a balance between detail and brevity permits.
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Upgrade Your HTML is the book series for HTML craftspeople and minimalists.
In Upgrade Your HTML IV, HTML and CSS optimizer Jens Oliver Meiert takes 10 more examples of HTML from actual websites in order to analyze, explain, and improve the respective markup.
Apart from discussing the appropriate use and the subtleties of HTML elements, this edition covers general topics like conformance, maintainability, and the balancing of optimization vectors. It also covers topics like attribute minimization, void elements, metadata, table buttons and button links, and even CSS art.
“Optimizing and minimizing HTML and checking if there are more appropriate elements or attributes to use is a helpful exercise, because it can improve accessibility while you learn about new features.”—Simon Pieters
→ This is the book if you enjoy the intricacies of working with HTML.
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Jens Oliver Meiert is a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher who has been leading programs and teams at companies like Google, Jimdo, and Miro. He’s an expert in web development, specializing in HTML and CSS optimization and maintainability. Jens contributes to technical standards, publishes news and tools on his frontend development outlet, Frontend Dogma, and regularly writes about the craft of web development on his website, meiert.com.
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