Upgrade Your HTML IV

Published on November 27, 2022 (↻ May 9, 2024), filed under Web Development (RSS feed for all categories).

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HTML forms the heart of the Web. The beautiful thing is, HTML is easy to learn. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to master—a lot more difficult than people say, as we can tell from the markup we find on people’s websites. In the Upgrade Your HTML series, I’m taking examples of HTML, discuss these examples, and make them a little better (and more compact). I’m excited to announce the fourth book of the series.

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Extras	Foreword by Simon Pieters
Preview	Select chapters (PDF, 274 KB)
Length	39 pages (PDF)
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Latest version	1.1.1

This book is part of a series: Explore Upgrade Your HTML at Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Leanpub.

Description

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.

The outline:

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Intro

Write HTML

Aim for a Good Balance

Fight Divitis

Stop Closing Void Elements

Minimize Attributes

Beware Metadata Madness

Question Table Buttons

Question Button Links

Try to Do Without

De-Duplicate Content

Challenge Yourself, Even When It’s Art

Outro

Feedback

About the Author

About Upgrade Your HTML IV

❧ I’m happy with how this book turned out, which is in large part due to the support I received from Simon Pieters (who reviewed the manuscript and wrote the foreword), Jad Joubran (who reviewed), and Kirsty MacRae (who edited). Thank you so much!

Enjoy the new part of the series: Upgrade Your HTML IV!

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on September 30, 2021.

I’m Jens, and I’m an engineering lead and author. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m close to W3C and WHATWG, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

With my current move to Spain, I’m open to a new remote frontend leadership position. Feel free to review and refer my CV or LinkedIn profile.

I love trying things, not only in web development, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.