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Suli S
1,475 Pointssection, article, HTML5 elements - Nick course
Hi. Why Nick in HTML course didn't talk about section, article, etc HTML elements? Is there any reason?
3 Answers
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 PointsWhich course are you referring to? If it's the HTML Deep Dive, or Build a Simple Website project, these two are designed to give you the fundamentals of the HTML markup language.
The elements you're talking about; for example, section and article, allow for better semantics in your code. For example, if I had:
<article class="featured">Some text</article>
or
<div class="featured>Some text</div>
The two would work identically, for example, when styling with CSS. The difference is that while one is relatively generic ('div'), one has some semantic meaning ('article'). This is a pretty good article on some of the semantics that the HTML5 spec introduces. However, you could not use either element without a basic understanding of how elements work. This is what I perceive is the aim of the HTML foundation courses.
Of course, in the future, there's always the possibility that separate videos could be released detailing the purpose of the new elements. Totally up to Treehouse :-)
James Barnett
39,199 PointsThe HTML5 semantic elements are quite problematic due them breaking layouts in older browsers. You can of course use HTML5 shim but your website will be broken for people who don't have JavaScript enabled.
Suli S
1,475 PointsWhy are they slow at updating their content??
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 PointsI wouldn't really define it as 'slow'-- the Treehouse team, from what I can see, only pushes the highest quality content to their members. This takes weeks of revision and a lot of dedication.
In the interim, you have quite a bit of HTML content to chow down on! :)
Suli S
1,475 PointsSuli S
1,475 PointsI refer to HTML deep dive.
Matthew Mascioni
20,444 PointsMatthew Mascioni
20,444 PointsYep! So in that case, it would be the foundations of HTML and an overview of all the different kinds of elements you could come across. In the future, perhaps additional content will be provided to cover the semantic meaning of the new ones.