Bulletproof HTML & CSS
The Wonderful World of Constraints
I have over 10 years of experience battling with finicky browsers who don’t play well with standards. I’ve had the joy of trying to make web sites look good in Netscape Navigator 2. I remember when Internet Explorer was the good browser. I want Internet Explorer 6 to go away as much as the next coder. And I’m simultaneously excited about the possibilities of HTML5 and CSS3 while feeling nervous about a new wave of browser incompatibilities and a whole new array of necessary hacks to keep sites looking consistent across the board.
But despite the many, many constraints facing coders today, I’ve never met a design I couldn’t build into a pixel-perfect site that worked in every browser. While this was a great deal easier when table-based layouts weren’t frowned upon, it’s still possible today with CSS.
And while there is no penalty or reward for the level of standards compliance a site attains, I still run every template through multiple validators to make sure everything is perfect.
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I know how frustrating it can be to open up someone else’s code see a mangled mess of HTML. From missing tags to inconsistent indenting to illogical class names, I’ve seen it all. Sometimes it’s been so rough that I’ve had to reformat the code before even attempting to modify the pages.
You don’t have to worry about me handing over sloppy HTML or CSS. My code is clean. My formatting is meticulous. My comments are placed exactly where they are needed. Your site will be as beautiful under the hood as it is in the browser.
