A Node and Command Line Tool to Find Obsolete HTML

Published on Aug 12, 2024 (updated Nov 12, 2024), filed under development, html, conformance (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)

Ever wondered if and where you have obsolete HTML in your code base, whether center or spacer elements, or align or border attributes?

As there don’t seem to be many (any?) tools for that beyond HTML validators, I built a little Node.js helper to find obsolete and proprietary HTML—ObsoHTML, the Obsolete HTML Checker (source).

The package and repository pages have all the documentation.

As this started out as an AI experiment (more soon! more “here”!) and as I’m more of an HTML person, I may have missed something (maybe even “duh”-like). Contributions of any kind are welcome (as well as forking and remixing and what-not).

Keep your HTML clean! 🧹

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve been working as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)