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What does HTML mean?

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. HTML is the primary language used to create web pages. In this post you'll learn more about its history and why you should our HTML Beautifier tool!

It was created by Tim Berners-Lee in the 1990s, and was meant to be used for structuring, displaying and presenting information on the worldwide web. It is currently the most used markup language in the world.

The Evolution of HTML

As stated above, HTML was meant to be used to display documents in the web. It has changed, and now powers most of the web applications that we use.

HTML has evolved quite a bit since its origins in the early 1990s. New technologies were added, like:

• semantic markup and improved accessibility
• new tags and attributes
• new media types, like images and videos

The market has shifted towards providing web services that are easier to access from different devices. In this scenario, HTML is even more important, and using those new tags is necessary to build and maintain complex services.

Due to its simple and limited origin, HTML has a high level of freedom on its structure, tags and attributes. This means that the code can quickly become a mess. That's where code formatting comes into play, by making the code more readable and maintainable.

Code formatting and HTML Beautifier

HTML Beautify is a technique used to help developers format HTML documents in a consistent way. It also helps to ensure all their code is up to the latest formatting standards and allows them to clean up messy code.

It is easier to find errors in formatted HTML files, which saves debug time and improves the overall page quality.

This technique consists of parsing the source code to add/remove white spaces, indent tags, order attributes, etc, following a specific standard or even some custom rules.

Code formatting needs to run alongside a version control system to maintain the code base. It will ensure that your HTML code can be easily updated and will follow good practices. A good tool to achieve this is Prettier.

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