Upgrade Your HTML III
Post from May 13, 2021 (ā» June 21, 2022), filed under Web Development.
In 2019 there was Upgrade Your HTML, in 2020 there was Upgrade Your HTML II, and in 2021 thereās: Upgrade Your HTML III.
Like Upgrade Your HTML II said: If you care about HTML as a craft, if you consider yourself an HTML minimalist, if you believe in pushing for boundaries (and sometimes overdoing it), then this is a right book (and a right book series) for youāwith 10 fresh examples from the field that get inspected and improved.
Format and Price | Ebook (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), $7.99 |
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Kindle ebook (free app for Android and iOS), $7.99 | |
Extras | Foreword by Jukka K. Korpela |
Preview | Select chapters (PDF, 309 KB) |
Length | 37 pages (PDF) |
Language | English |
Sellers | Amazon |
Apple Books | |
Kobo | |
Google Play Books | |
Leanpub | |
Gumroad | |
SitePoint | |
Version | 1.1.4 (2022) |
This book is part of a series: Explore Upgrade Your HTML at Amazon, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Leanpub.
Description
Upgrade Your HTML is the book series for HTML craftspeople and minimalists. It stands for everything that leads to more effective and efficient use of HTML.
In Upgrade Your HTML III, HTML and CSS optimizer Jens Oliver Meiert takes 10 additional HTML examples from real websites to analyze, explain, and improve the respective markup.
Apart from discussing the appropriate use and subtleties of HTML elements, this edition touches on code consistency, class use, bundler output, but also poem markup, link types,āand even declaration repetition.
ā[The purpose of the book is to] use judgement in adding āfeaturesā into your code and even to reconsider what you might have used for no good reason, or for reasons that are no more valid.āāJukka K. Korpela
ā This is the book if you enjoy the intricacies of working with HTML.
The outline:
- Foreword
- Intro
- See the Forest for the Trees
- Donāt Worry About Line Breaks
- Use the
i
Element, and Use It Appropriately- Keep an Eye on the Output
- Donāt Hide Outlines
- Know the Link Types
- Keep Your CSS DRY
- Donāt Use Non-Standard Markup (Like
nobr
)- Use Consistent Spelling
- Remember
figure
(andfigcaption
)- Outro
- Feedback
- About the Author
- About Upgrade Your HTML III
All ebook formats, with updates, at Leanpub.
ā§ Iām stoked and grateful about Jukka Korpela reviewing and contributing the foreword to this booklet; about Jad Joubran taking the time to review and give feedback as well; and about Kirsty MacRae for editing. Without you, this work wouldnāt have been nearly as solid as it is now. Thank you!
Enjoy the new part of the series: Upgrade Your HTML III!
About Me

Iām Jens Oliver Meiert, and Iām an engineering lead and author. Iāve worked as a technical lead for Google, Iām close to the W3C and the WHATWG, and I write and review books for OāReilly. Other than that, I love trying things, sometimes including philosophy, art, and adventure. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.
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Perhaps my most comprehensive book: The Web Development Glossary (2020). With explanations and definitions for literally thousands of terms from Web Development and related fields, building on Wikipedia as well as the MDN Web Docs. Available at Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and Leanpub.