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WDR #3: Optional Tags, Unquoted Attribute Value Syntax

Published on Jul 29, 2009 (updated Jun 10, 2024), filed under , . (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

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The Web Dev Report, issue #3:

The Web Dev Report: HTML genocide.
Transcript.
(Somewhere on valid HTML, 1995 or 2000 or 2010 or so.)
Guy 2:
I omit optional tags.
Guy 1:
(This is HTML murder.)
Guy 2:
And I don’t quote attribute values unless it’s required.
Guy 1:
(HTML genocide!)

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I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and manager at various companies (e.g., Google); I’m an active web and tool developer (code optimization, digital defense), a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and a book author (O’Reilly, Frontend Dogma). Stay in touch.