Why & When to Use Semantic HTML Elements over Divs

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[@mikeandrewfernandez9797]

I was confused by the difference between article and sections until I found this video. Awesome content! 👍

[@itsjiraheta]

I have worked in soft dev (mainly in mobile) for over a decade. I used to work a long, long, loooonggg time ago on websites. They have gotten more complex, to say the least, and are in their own category nowadays with so many things to consider. Thank you for the explanation and the level of detail. Def got me as a sub! keep up the great work.

[@alialrahem9817]

I did study this material on focus on SoloLearn and really clear to know the structure here you explain in detail thank you for posting this video very clear and consistent

[@joaovitorschmidt6194]

your way of teaching is very good, english isn't my first language, I understand like 70% of the words and still understand you, even with reaaaaly basic knowledge of programming. Thank you so much for your content, keep it up.

[@MichalRutz]

A very clear and professional introduction. thanks!

[@throbicon]

Thank you! This explanation and examples helped me understand the tags. Well done!

[@kauheaa]

Had been reading about web accessibility and sematic tags all day and was looking for an explanation on the distinction between section and article, this provided answer to that and some other questions as well. Thank you!

[@1015AK]

I use sections to create sections of content on the page and then if I need to divide up the section for styling I use a div for that

[@whoozie]

thanks for the overall explanation with the examples, this was what I wanted!!!

[@RaghadJohani]

I love this kind of videos, insightful, and fun to watch. Thanks.

[@RichReflectionz]

I was confused about sections and articles till you explained it, thanks

[@DarkD33p]

Finally a clear explanation on the subject. Thank you very much.

[@evanmico]

1:36 From what I understand, a element isn't for "the most important links on a page", but rather it just specifies a grouping of links on the page. It is NOT uncommon to have them in the footer. The important thing is that *if you have multiple elements you need to label them.* This is done using an attribute called aria-label="" or aria-labelledby="" with an h tag child containing an id set equal to the value in aria-labelledby="". Dave Gray did a nice explanation of this particular topic here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYmWhZmaitajq7csi=nqgp6qUcEy9_5bkq&t=450

[@sehitgoker5073]

good stuff mate, was clear and helpfull.

[@vanezamanlangit7989]

Thank you! You're very helpful.

[@gfred3234]

I like to use div in my sections as nested... because I separate contents inside the section and better to toggle for styling

[@humphrey4930]

Thank you, I understand it a bit better. Nice Content

[@heavenlyhighlights-em4cl]

Great Explanation . Earned a Subscriber..

[@zahid9652]

I am from India love you from heart ❤️ Really your example and explanation are very actually very good From hear ❤️

[@TsTheSeason]

Hey thanks so much for the great content!

[@mks-h]

Good video, thanks

[@kakyoin4535]

thank you!

[@arafathossain3778]

Very helpful

[@igu642]

i thought html is easy but when i trying to do project in my own then i finded what the heck how to use this things i thought nuh developing is not for me but when i watch your video i am happy now

[@RoboticsDevelopment]

Subscribed!

[@tambeegbeayuk1836]

This Is the best video ever🎉🎉

[@tataruovidiu9305]

thanks!

[@wisdomsyx]

I think we can still use a nav element in the footer section. We just have to use an arial-label to specify what section they belong to.

[@user-rq2ek3he9w]

good stuff

[@djt6fan]

Appreciate the effort. Any idea when you will be releasing the web design course, or the React course? I'd be interested in those.

[@ByteGrad]

React course will be published next month, definitely make sure to be subscribed to the email newsletter 😉

[@chemaalonso7931]

I ALWAYS use article and inside sections I tjink is more semantic surround a whole article and divide the article in sections because you can have for example an article about cats and inside sections like food, sex, ages, dead, etc.. that has no sense if you pu it out of the article but if you put put the whole article has meaning, and i use header even in a section and articles i use footer too inside articles and even aside and navs if i got some links inside that article in the aside, you can mix it elements and it is good

[@lauraudechukwu2899]

this is really helpful and easy to understand. I have a question though, what are screen readears/accessibility mean?

[@cristopherguillen4435]

Screen readers are a feature that some phones and computers use to read and help blind people.

[@SoulSovereignty]

My #1 interest is knowing how to quickly create my own site "template" for a small Svelte or React project. For the former (Svelte) perhaps that means using Pico CSS and...flexbox for layout? For the latter (React)...I'm not sure (Tailwind is generally for larger projects, and is flexbox sufficient, or bootstrap overkill?). Do you have either videos or coursework that cover this "mastery of making a site template/layout"? I suppose just a video/course that shows how easily(?) flexbox replaces bootstrap layout? As for styling, I'm not excited about a CSS deep-dive because...as stated...I only have small projects and I don't want to take a ton of time to learn all the intricacies of CSS if something like Pico CSS will suffice.

[@ByteGrad]

Hi, I highly recommend you check out my CSS-course. Flexbox is king but you need to know CSS grid too, everything else is just an abstraction built on top of plain CSS (easy to learn once you’ve mastered CSS itself)

[@epicturnip]

What theme is this?

[@BK-iu6ow]

What’s the best way to set up html in the head and body, that will make it mobile friendly or screen friendly where if screen is bigger it still comes out the same

[@hetoverseo3887]

Use min(), max(), create a style for mobile first then add media queries with min-width to style content when the screen gets bigger.

[@mobilejo1]

you de esser is working hard asf

[@user-om2zq2je9w]

большое спасибо мне очень понравился данный урок а вам, не так ли?

[@AlThePal78]

why did stripe put the stuff in a div that is confusing though

[@edgarspujats8282]

I really likes the video but shouldn't section include atleast one heading?

[@ISoHEoBASSIST]

"I'm under the impression that semantic HTML is one of those things that everybody sells as a super important good practice, but nobody really ever ends up using. Am I wrong?

[@lucialuciferion6720]

I hear a Dutch accent :)

[@toastedclosure2770]

u forgot to mention details, dialog, summary and data

[@AdmiralFatcock]

To be honest, this shit right here is why I wanted to quit lol. I got so frustrated

[@Sakamoto-san7]

what is that sound in the background? so annoying