What is a Boilerplate in HTML? - Ryzen Hunt
What is Boilerplate?
Boilerplate or boilerplate code is a basic frame of a computer programming language that has some specific features and can be reused in the same types of programs. In computer programming, boilerplate or boilerplate code is a section of a code that has to be included, having a little or no alteration.
Origin of the concept of boilerplate is found in the newspaper industry during the late 18th century.
Why use boilerplate?
The main advantage of using boilerplate is reducing your initial time by reusing core things. It provides possibly cleaner code and shorts the learning curve for new developers. If your software's program requirements are matching with specific boilerplate features then you're good to use it
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HTML Boilerplate
In a post , I've mentioned and suggested a few free text editors. Basically, newbies use "NotePad" to write their code.
In "NotePad" you need to write boilerplate by your self. But I know that here you are for learning, not for wasting your time, so I suggest you use " VS code" as your text editor that is free for use. Click here to download VS studio.
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Fig1: Skeleton code using boilerplate
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For writing boilerplate in VS code, just write an exclamation mark (!) and then hit the enter key.
In boilerplate,
The first construct, <!DOCTYPE html>, tells the browser what type of document the web
page is. Its HTML value (in <!DOCTYPE html>) indicates that the document is an HTML document.
After the doctype instruction comes the html element. It’s a container, and it contains the rest of the web page. Its start tag includes lang="en", which tells the browser that the web page is written in English.
The head and body elements are also containers. The head element surrounds elements that provide information associated with the web page as a whole. The body element surrounds elements that display content in the web page.
Container elements must be properly nested, meaning that if you start a container inside another container, you must end the inner container before you end the outer container. Because the body element starts inside the html element, the </body> end tag must come before the </html> end tag. In Fig1, note how the head and body elements are properly nested within the html element.
In head element, the meta element is used. The meta elements provide information about the web page. If you look up “meta” in a standard dictionary, you’ll probably see a confusing definition. In everyday speech and in HTML, “meta” means “about itself.” There are many different types of meta elements—some you should always include, but most are just optional. We’ll present a few of the more important ones soon.
The web page’s title pertains to the entire web page, so its title element goes within the head container. The title element’s contained data specifies the label that appears in the browser window’s title bar.
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