semantic HTML

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Semantic HTML is the use of HTML to express the meaning of content rather than its presentation, instead using CSS for the design & layout, and later optionally adding JS for progressive enhancement.

See Also

• https://twitter.com/mxbck/status/1110085033082138624
  • "biggest win for semantic HTML? It's just waaaay easier to type `<button>` and be done with it then to try and bolt shit on a div with lots of attributes and JS. With everything you get for free, why would you *want* to do all that extra work?" @mxbck March 25, 2019
• 2012-03-14 About HTML semantics and front-end architecture