The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet

Published on Sep 5, 2024 (updated Sep 18, 2024), filed under development, html, optimization. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

This is one of 180 articles that you can also read in an ebook: On Web Development II.

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

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 an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering 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).

I love trying things—in web development and engineering management, but also in politics and philosophy, where I hold to one idea in particular: that we can only be well if we take good care of everyone. Here on meiert.com I talk about some of my perspectives and experiences. (Please share feedback: Interpret charitably, keep it friendly, but do be critical.)