3 ms·

None, but for something that's attempting to generate very simple markup <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>TITLE</title> Is nic

None, but for something that's attempting to generate very simple markup <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>TITLE</title> Is nicer than <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>TITLE</title> </head> <body> </body> </html>

libria 14y ago
The <html> is also optional here.[1] <!DOCTYPE html> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>TITLE</title> Look at that, I saved you another indent. I think the recent Google Style Guide [2] has made this en vogue, but hipster points for anyone who knew about it before. [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/syntax.html#syntax-tag-omission http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/... [2] http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/htmlcssguide.xml http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/htmlcssgui...
- huckfinnaafb 14y ago
  The character set is also optional if sent as an http header. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2 And a supporting talk by paul irish http://paulirish.com/2011/primitives-html5-video/ http://paulirish.com/2011/primitives-html5-video/
- bmelton 14y ago
  Can I still take the hipster points if I never knew that the second html tag was required? I just always assumed that the new spec rolled the doctype and html declaration into the same thing. Perhaps my HTML5 introduction pitched it that way, or perhaps I just jump to conclusions too easily, but nice to know I've gotten it right, even if only by accident.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Yup. I write all my personal web pages like this now. It's far more efficient, simply because it's less stuff to forget, easier to remember, and much quicker to type.
  - bentruyman 14y ago
    How often are you actually typing </html>, <head>, and <body> that it actually makes you less efficient? This reminds me of all the ASI discussions that have been going on lately.

libria 14y ago

The <html> is also optional here.[1] <!DOCTYPE html> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>TITLE</title> Look at that, I saved you another indent. I think the recent Google Style Guide [2] has made this en vogue, but hipster points for anyone who knew about it before. [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/syntax.html#syntax-tag-omission http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/... [2] http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/htmlcssguide.xml http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/htmlcssgui...

huckfinnaafb 14y ago
The character set is also optional if sent as an http header. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/charset.html#h-5.2.2 And a supporting talk by paul irish http://paulirish.com/2011/primitives-html5-video/ http://paulirish.com/2011/primitives-html5-video/
bmelton 14y ago
Can I still take the hipster points if I never knew that the second html tag was required? I just always assumed that the new spec rolled the doctype and html declaration into the same thing. Perhaps my HTML5 introduction pitched it that way, or perhaps I just jump to conclusions too easily, but nice to know I've gotten it right, even if only by accident.
TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
Yup. I write all my personal web pages like this now. It's far more efficient, simply because it's less stuff to forget, easier to remember, and much quicker to type.
- bentruyman 14y ago
  How often are you actually typing </html>, <head>, and <body> that it actually makes you less efficient? This reminds me of all the ASI discussions that have been going on lately.