The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet

Published on September 5, 2024 (↻ September 18, 2024), filed under Development (RSS feed for all categories).

If you’re interested in HTML history and optimization, then this may be useful to you:

Figure: The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet.

This isn’t new as I had provided this information for a small fee in the past (you can still support my work this way, if you like), but after the launch of the free Rote Learning HTML & CSS ebook I decided to make this information available for free as well.

Both complements the HTML elements index, where you can find an overview of all HTML elements over all the major specifications.

All this information—elements index, cheat sheet, and ebook—is being maintained. (That might change, of course, but if you consider that I’ve kept the HTML elements index updated for 17 years, you may tell how I love keeping things up-to-date ✨ You’re at one of the places for everything HTML.)

Enjoy, and keep it valid ✌️

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m somewhat close to W3C and WHATWG, 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 views and experiences.

If you’d like to do me a favor, interpret charitably (I speak three languages, and they do collide), yet be critical and give feedback, so that I can make improvements. Thank you!