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HTML

Posted by suhail sumra
suhail sumra
152 Points

<!DOCTYPE html>

Is it important to use the<!DOCTYPE html> tag I Mean Without It Cant I Develop A Website

3 Answers

Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

Hi Suhail,

good question: yes, you can, but you shouldn't. The reason is, that this tag tells the browser that the page is html5. There are other versions of html, like html4, or xhtml. They will be interpreted differently. When you don't specify this doctype, the browser will guess which version you are using. Also some javascript-commands rely on the correct doctype at the beginning (I think, everything focussing on the whole page, like document).

suhail sumra
suhail sumra
152 Points
suhail sumra
suhail sumra
152 Points

Owh Thank You For Your Answer The Thing Is I Am 15 Years Old And I Have Started Coding(I Am A Beginner)...Anyways Thank You So Much For Helping Me Understand That.

Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

You are welcome. This is a great age to learn coding. Have a good time :)

Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

Btw: Upvoting and marking answers as accepted is highly appreciated :)

suhail sumra
suhail sumra
152 Points
suhail sumra
suhail sumra
152 Points

Upvoting And Marking Answers???What is That??I DInt Understand

Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points
Christof Baumgartner
Christof Baumgartner
20,864 Points

Next to an answer, you see an up- and down-arrow. When an answer was helpful, you can click on the up-arrow. Then the number next to it will raise by one. When an answer explained everything you wanted to know, you can click on the button "Best Answer" below the answer, which will mark the answer as accepted.