> Notice that, when writing html5 by hand, you can use the full power of the language, most notably optional tags (no need to write html, body, etc) and auto-cl

> Notice that, when writing html5 by hand, you can use the full power of the language, most notably optional tags (no need to write html, body, etc) and auto-closing tags (no need to close p, li, td, etc). You may get something even crispier! Yes! In fact, sometime back I wrote a little demo page to show the minimal (but not code-golfed) HTML we can write such that it passes validation both with the Nu HTML Checker and HTML Tidy. Here's the demo page: https://susam.net/code/web/minimal.html https://susam.net/code/web/minimal.html Here's the Nu HTML Checker output: https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsusam.net%2Fcode%2Fweb%2Fminimal.html https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsusam.net%2Fc... Here's the HTML Tidy (version 5.8.0) output: $ tidy -quiet -errors minimal.html $ Here's the HTML: <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Hello</title> <body> <p>Hello, World! That said, when writing my own posts, I prefer keeping optional and closing tags intact. Since I use Emacs, I can insert and indent closing tags effortlessly with C-c /. It's a bit like how some people write: 10 PRINT"HELLO But I've always preferred: 10 PRINT "HELLO" I find the extra structure more aesthetically pleasing.