Morshed Alam

This is my third article about coding guidelines. In this article I wanted to give you some general guidelines for HTML coding that will help to improve readability, maintainability and code reuse. It will reduce browser related problem. Following are some guidelines:

• Must be use doctype in your web page.
• Everyone should be write well-formed HTML code.
• Indent HTML code constantly
• Use small letter constantly. It will increase readability.
• ID should be unique in a page and pick a meaningful name for this. Should be follow a standard constantly. Can use underscore (_) to separate meaningful words.
• Name tag can follow a same standard like ID. It will be easier to read.
• Should be use ID for dynamic element.
• Avoid inline CSS. Use separate file for CSS stylesheet.
• Avoid longer line. Break the line when a statement will not fit on a single line.
• Use commenting as less as possible but use sensibly.
• All nested attributes must be properly nested.
• Attributes must be quoted.
• Validate HTML code using W3C validation service at – http://validator.w3.org

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• CSS coding guidelines/conventions
• JavaScript coding standards/conventions
• CSS Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• Liquid design : Importance and Considerations