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Posted by Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points

<article>, <main> <aside> <section> vs <div>

How come TreeHouse HTML class did not touch on the subject of semantic tags like "article" "main", "section" and "aside" tags. Instead much emphasis on "div" as the container of choice is taught. Is there any reason for this? Hardly any mention of the other element tags above.

2 Answers

William Whitworth
William Whitworth
6,117 Points
William Whitworth
William Whitworth
6,117 Points

Also, don't forget to check caniuse.com to check cross browser compatibility while implementing HTML 5, depending on your client, or your needs, you may need to find a few workarounds.

Guled A.
Guled A.
10,605 Points
Guled A.
Guled A.
10,605 Points

W3C's documentation page highlights the answer to your question. There are specific uses for the three elements you have specified in which differ from the div element. That is a good question though.

Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points

Guled,

I think you may have misunderstood my question. I edited and rephrased my question. My question is how come Treehouse HTML class did not cover the semantic tags at all in their classes and I am curious why.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> My question is how come Treehouse HTML class did not cover the semantic tags at all in their classes

The course stuck nearly entirely to HTML4 tags didn't cover almost any of the HTML5 topics, with the exception of the doctype.

> We're going to mostly be learning about HTML4 tags.

Global Structure Part 1 video at time index 1:25.

Treehouse is planning on updating the HTML course some time in 2014.

Eduardo Garcia
Eduardo Garcia
4,571 Points
Eduardo Garcia
Eduardo Garcia
4,571 Points

I personally think you guys should have it as a separate course, as HTML is a beginner's course. Maybe an HTML Semantics intermediate course, I was quite confused when I started learning the new HTML5 semantic tags.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Eduardo Garcia -

There's a lot of really bad information out there about the HTML5 semantics.

I recommend you try to forget it and read this blog article instead

http://www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/html5-semantic-elements/