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HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's easy. But used properly, it's extremely powerful. Used improperly, as it almost invariably is du

HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's easy. But used properly, it's extremely powerful. Used improperly, as it almost invariably is due to the very little curriculum focus on it, it is slow and stupid. I used CSS Grid to create a mini-Domain Specific Language for Periodic Table of Web APIs. HTML is a document format. It defines the CONTENT of a webpage. That it has an API or is usually styled is secondary. The semantic tags– as used here, as used to STORE DATA here– are what make it possible to build a kanban solution so easily. HTML is also a data format. It can be styled through the use of CSS.

Phrodo_00 6y ago
HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's not one. The programming/behavior part of this is using javascript. That said, I'm interesting in that DSL, care to link it/talk more about it?
- bbu 6y ago
  this reminds me of https://twitter.com/killedbygoogle/status/1356105666717392898 https://twitter.com/killedbygoogle/status/135610566671739289...
  - Phrodo_00 6y ago
    This seems to come from thinking that Markup languages are not as important as programming languages. I find that misguided.
- crazypython 6y ago
  > HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's not one. The programming/behavior part of this is using javascript. Open a typical modern website– you'll see a horrible mess of divs. People using very large amounts of HTML to do what should be very simple tasks. People writing complex JavaScript and React and SPAs instead of simply writing HTML. This is a case of people doing what should be done in HTML, in JavaScript. > That said, I'm interesting in that DSL, care to link it/talk more about it? view-source:https://wwwperiodictable.surge.sh/ https://wwwperiodictable.surge.sh/
  - patates 6y ago
    > This is a case of people doing what should be done in HTML, in JavaScript. I see where you are coming from but people embedding static content in a scripting language doesn't make HTML a programming language. Yes, it can be used for more than what it is used for right now, but you can't "program" in HTML. You can indeed build state machines in CSS but still... (obviously you also know this, but it could confuse people starting new)

Phrodo_00 6y ago

HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's not one. The programming/behavior part of this is using javascript. That said, I'm interesting in that DSL, care to link it/talk more about it?

bbu 6y ago
this reminds me of https://twitter.com/killedbygoogle/status/1356105666717392898 https://twitter.com/killedbygoogle/status/135610566671739289...
- Phrodo_00 6y ago
  This seems to come from thinking that Markup languages are not as important as programming languages. I find that misguided.
crazypython 6y ago
> HTML gets little respect as a programming language because it's not one. The programming/behavior part of this is using javascript. Open a typical modern website– you'll see a horrible mess of divs. People using very large amounts of HTML to do what should be very simple tasks. People writing complex JavaScript and React and SPAs instead of simply writing HTML. This is a case of people doing what should be done in HTML, in JavaScript. > That said, I'm interesting in that DSL, care to link it/talk more about it? view-source:https://wwwperiodictable.surge.sh/ https://wwwperiodictable.surge.sh/
- patates 6y ago
  > This is a case of people doing what should be done in HTML, in JavaScript. I see where you are coming from but people embedding static content in a scripting language doesn't make HTML a programming language. Yes, it can be used for more than what it is used for right now, but you can't "program" in HTML. You can indeed build state machines in CSS but still... (obviously you also know this, but it could confuse people starting new)