So, HTML, it seems so boring to most, but when you spend all day everyday knee deep in it - its passion. I have had a love/hate relationship with HTML for some time now, but I came across a great article the other day, and it really hit home.

In HTML, it really comes down to craftsmanship.

Here is the link: What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like written by Chris Coyier.

There are so many people that think HTML is just tables and font tags, and if the web site or application works, its DONE.

In one of my previous jobs I tried really hard to have other people understand the importance of HTML and how it is all about craftsmanship and attention to detail, but I just kept getting ‘Oh, that’s easy, one of the programmers will just put it in some nested tables.’ Really? It wasn’t until the designers were starting to get really upset that their designs got butchered and the final web site looked like crap. But it worked said the programmers.

I dunno, don’t get me wrong, I love programmers (I wouldn’t have a job without them, and I don’t want to lump them together either), but the look and feel, and UI/UX is just not important to them most of the time.

HTML should be embraced and loved, it is the foundation to everything online.

Another link that came from the comments on Css-Tricks was this one by Roger over at 456 Berea Street - POSH - Plain Old Semantic HTML. Which brings me to another favorite topic of mine, semantics, but I will save that until another time.