It's a markup language. In the simplest explanation, a programming language describes a process (what does the thing do) while a markup language describes a structure (how is the thing supposed to be displayed). There's more to it than that, but someone else can get into deeper if they want, it's beyond me lol
a markup language describes a structure (how is the thing supposed to be displayed)
A markup language does not define how something is to be displayed, that's what a styling language is for (usually CSS). A markup language semantically defines what certain parts of the created document are.
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turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
Ooh, I've had a terrible idea, let's make an actual programming language with html-like syntax, that sounds fun and not at all horrifying
BeefPiano@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
LISP with tags instead of open and close parens.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 5 pts · 2y
XSLT would like to have a word with you. "Arrays" start at 1.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
lseif@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
html + xml + this language = fully tag based stack
Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Funny meme, but I don't think we should gatekeep. HTML is the path to HTML5 and thus JavaScript.
Tak@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Do we gatekeep Java though?
Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
No. But we do get to hate Java.
Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y
Gods... This happens to me when I say I program in R.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
If you’re hired as a developer and the only tasks you’re getting assigned are HTML, are you a developer?
I think rather than the tools and languages you use, titles should be determined by the kinds of memes you consume.
EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 9 pts · 2y
coding != programming
retiolus@lemmy.cat · 0 pts · 2y
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
Does Scratch count?
EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I personally think it does It's very good at teaching you the fundamentals
Holzkohlen@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
Nah, he fine. Now if he'd have said VBA, then it would be justified.
benvars@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
I feel attacked
Mischala@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 2y
HTMX and AlpineJS would like a word.
mino@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Unrelated: anyone knows what this template is called? I can never seem to find it or describe it intelligently enough to search engines.
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Captain America Elevator meme.
mino@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks!
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
AND! A little CSS.
Haus@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
It's like when customers at West Marine dress up in outfits and call each other 'Captain.'
erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
I think op hasn't heard of web components. Technically it requires js, but still it will replace react and angular and vue soon me thinks.
Haus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
Ryan213@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
WHAt's wRoNg wItH HtmL
bauve@jlai.lu · 7 pts · 2y
Nothing, but it's not a programming language
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
But the meme says developer, not programmer.. wouldn't that be ok then?
thiccdiccnicc@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The first step to being a developer seems to be learning how to put down other devs :(
Amends1782@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
What is it actually then?
shuzuko@midwest.social · 10 pts · 2y
It's a markup language. In the simplest explanation, a programming language describes a process (what does the thing do) while a markup language describes a structure (how is the thing supposed to be displayed). There's more to it than that, but someone else can get into deeper if they want, it's beyond me lol
BeefPiano@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Diogenes throws a Ruby on Rails model over the fence and shouts “Behold a markup language!”
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
A markup language does not define how something is to be displayed, that's what a styling language is for (usually CSS). A markup language semantically defines what certain parts of the created document are.
shuzuko@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
Lol that's fair, but since those words in that combination barely even make sense to me I tried to dumb it down more and ended up being wrong 😂
I'm the idiot who searches stack for code and copies and pastes it into the project so no one should listen to me anyway.
Amends1782@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
I knew it was a markup language, but didn't know the diff between the two since I'm not a programmer. Thanks
Cort@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Psshaw. I programmed my Myspace page with that language: checkmate.
dot@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 2y