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HTML

Posted by Keith Monaghan
Keith Monaghan
9,494 Points

What is XHTML and do I Need to Learn It?

Any thoughts?

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

XHTML is dead, development was ended by the W3C back in 2009. However HTML5 is backward compatible with XHTML so if all you change is the doctype you will be set.

The syntax of HTML5 is actually a lot looser you can do all sorts of things that may or may not be actually be a good idea and still end up with valid HTML5 markup.

You can check out this more complete explaination in webcomic form over on smashing

Keith Monaghan
Keith Monaghan
9,494 Points
Keith Monaghan
Keith Monaghan
9,494 Points

Ok, so I could have researched before posting.

The W3Schools.com website has a really good explanation of the differences between XHTML and HTML.

Am I correct in assuming that XHTML is basically just well written HTML?

Keith Monaghan
Keith Monaghan
9,494 Points
Keith Monaghan
Keith Monaghan
9,494 Points

Thanks James!

That's good to know and thanks for the link. The webcomic was most informative!