Paul Irish • 11/21/2011

The Fundamentals, Primitives and History of HTML5

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This article summarizes a conference talk on the core primitives of HTML5, explaining browser parsing behaviors like optional tags and unquoted attributes. It aims to demystify how browsers interpret HTML, empowering developers to write more efficient and maintainable code by understanding the underlying specifications rather than treating browsers as a black box.

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