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paulscanlon
Courses Plus Student 26,735 PointsQuestion about Divs
Hey guys
I was wondering. Do we do away with divs completely in favour of section, aside etc?
Please correct me if im wrong, but my understanding is non semantic is grouping with divs and semantic is grouping with the correct tags like section etc? Or do we use a combination of both?
Sorry for dumb question :) Any help is appreciated
Thanks in advance
Paul
2 Answers
Ezra Siton
12,644 PointsYou can not always use section or aside. Sometimes you need to use divs (for layout for example). But yes - div (and spans) are not semantic tags.
I think this article give great answer to your Q: http://html5doctor.com/you-can-still-use-div/
more articles:
Ezra Siton
12,644 PointsThe next generation of "meaning code" is micro-data. Related to your Q (you cannot give meaning to all of your content only by HTML5 tags):
I believe in the future treehouse will add course about this issue.
paulscanlon
Courses Plus Student 26,735 Pointspaulscanlon
Courses Plus Student 26,735 PointsThanks a lot, and great link btw :)