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Let's go back to the basics for this one. Everyone reading this at least knows what HTML is. I believe that, no matter what experience level someone has, reviewing the foundation can help increase knowledge. It also helps to hone skills, especially with the constantly evolving technologies that drives the Internet. There has also been a lot of talk of change with HTML 5. Every tag that I mention below is supported in both HTML 4.01 and HTML 5. While some of these tags are already widely used; I would like to challenge some of the ways that we use and think about them. Any book you read about programming will tell you that it is good to explain what you are doing. For HTML, commenting can seem like overkill; however, it can be used to define sections, and can help keep your code organized and structured. 2.

When I think back to the earlier days of web development, the first thing that comes to my mind is <table>. Just to clarify: these three tags all affect table rows. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.