HTML - It is one of the most important concepts in the journey of web development. It stands for hypertext markup language. It is not a programming language that provides logic, instead it helps in making the structure of webpages. It is easy to learn and versatile.
HTML is important because of the following reasons.
Structure and layout
Accessibility and SEO(Search Engine Optimization)
Compatibility
HTML is used in different contexts like web apps, Emails and mobile apps. Beautiful email templates can be made using HTML.
Emmet in HTML
Emmet is a plugin for text editors that allows you to write HTML and CSS faster by using abbreviations that expand into full code. It can save a lot of time when writing code because you can type a few characters and then expand them into a long block of code with a single keystroke.
Features:
Code formatting
Code snippets
Customization
Cross-editor compatibility
Abbreviation expansion
Advantages:
Saves time
Helps you write more consistent code
Improves productivity
Widely supported
Easy to learn
To use Emmet to generate HTML starter code in Visual Studio Code, follow these steps:
Open Visual Studio Code and create a new file or open an existing file.
Type the Emmet abbreviation: This code uses the Operator “!” to create the default body for HTML code.
Press the “Expand Abbreviation” button or key (Tab key).
This will expand the abbreviation into the following HTML starter code.
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