Upgrade Your HTML (the Booklet)
Post from November 4, 2019 (↻ March 21, 2020), filed under Web Development.
I’ve written a very short book on improving HTML code: Upgrade Your HTML.
Upgrade Your HTML is about one thing: Picking examples of HTML in the wild, and explaining how to make that code better. Kindly. Constructively. Thoroughly, as finding a balance between detail and brevity permits. For all web developers, though the less you’ve looked at HTML optimization so far, the more you may take out of the booklet.
| Format and Price | Leanpub ebook (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), “pay what you want” (suggested: $4.99) |
|---|---|
| Kindle ebook (free app for Android and iOS), $3.99 | |
| Length | 30 pages |
| Language | English |
Description
HTML is super-popular. Everyone can write HTML. Or can they? In the spirit that everything can be tweaked and optimized, Upgrade Your HTML is a first light book in a playful series to review and improve real-life examples of HTML.
Not shyly but always constructively does Jens Oliver Meiert, someone who has written a lot of HTML and who makes his own life difficult so that he can write even more HTML, go through ten samples to ponder and upgrade respective markup.
If you’re a web developer you know HTML. Check out and follow Upgrade Your HTML to nod (or shake your head) exploring old and new problems surrounding uses of the beloved Hypertext Markup Language.
The topics:
- Intro
- Respect the
titleAttribute- Stop Escaping
&- Think Through Your Markup
- Don’t Double Boolean Attributes
- If It Can Be Done Using an HTTP Header, Use an HTTP Header
- Avoid
dataImages- Don’t Use the Classic “clearfix”
- Be Clear About Attribute Functions
- Question Your Frontend Code
- Add Meaning, Prune Meaninglessness
- Outro
- About the Author
❧ I’m immensely grateful for all the help from Kevin Khaw, who reviewed the booklet on technical accuracy, Merci Niebres, who greatly contributed to improving its tone, and Gabriele Kretzschmar for overall editing.
Enjoy the first edition of: Upgrade Your HTML!
About Me
I’m Jens Oliver Meiert, and I’m a web developer and author. I love trying things, including in the fields of philosophy, art, and adventure. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.
If you have any suggestions or questions about what I write, leave a comment or a message.
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Perhaps my most relevant book: CSS Optimization Basics (2018). Writing CSS is a craft. As craftspeople we strive to write high quality CSS. In CSS Optimization Basics I lay out some of the most important aspects of such CSS. (Also available in a bundle with Upgrade Your HTML.)
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