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12 Common HTML Mistakes to Avoid for Better Code Quality

Vaibhav Kumar on May 12, 2023

HTML is the backbone of the web, and mastering it is essential for any web developer. However, even the most experienced developers can make mist...

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️ • May 13 '23

Funny how this article is much newer than ChatGPT, and yet that still generates mostly the same headings and descriptions when prompted, and even starts with the phrase "HTML is the backbone of the web".

Vaibhav Kumar • May 13 '23

I know I used Chat GPT, but it was not used for anything wrong or illegal I used it spread knowledge 😄

Bernd Wechner • May 14 '23

Ah, but did you properly credit and reference it? Quietly playing the game that suggests you are the originating author? The very dilemma that the new wave of AI represents.

Vaibhav Kumar • May 14 '23

Does chat GPT says to give credit and reference?? I am not playing any game I am just using chatGPT to do something which can be useful for everyone, including me too.

Bernd Wechner • May 14 '23 • Edited

You need ChatGPT to tell you to honestly credit the actual author? Seriously? You don't find that openness, transparency and honesty are useful ethics in this modern world of ours, as to your sources? Well, I think you do value honesty which is good (as you admitted to it in response to an observation that "Funny how this article is much newer than ChatGPT, and yet that still generates mostly the same headings and descriptions when prompted, and even starts with the phrase "HTML is the backbone of the web").

I recommend strongly you do cite your references and sources and credit them when publishing, it is a standard publication ethic and I predict it may come back to bite you if you fail to honour it over time.

Vaibhav Kumar • May 14 '23

okay for sure i will remember this

fruntend • May 15 '23

Сongratulations 🥳! Your article hit the top posts for the week - dev.to/fruntend/top-10-posts-for-f...
Keep it up 👍

Vaibhav Kumar • May 16 '23

Thank you very much 🤞

punund • May 13 '23

tag don't have to be closed in this context:

<div> foo
  <p> bar
</div>

This is valid HTML.

Vaibhav Kumar • May 14 '23

the HTML code you provided is not valid is because the <p> tag is not closed before the closing </div> tag.

punund • May 14 '23

Let me refer you to the HTML specification:

Tag omission in text/html:
A p element's end tag can be omitted if the p element is immediately followed by an address, article, aside, blockquote, details, div, dl, fieldset, figcaption, figure, footer, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, header, hgroup, hr, main, menu, nav, ol, p, pre, search, section, table, or ul element, or if there is no more content in the parent element and the parent element is an HTML element that is not an a, audio, del, ins, map, noscript, or video element, or an autonomous custom element.

html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/gro...

Vaibhav Kumar • May 16 '23

oh now i see, thank you for pointing out 🤞