Title. It seems that everyone hates HTML, so why is it so dominant? Why are there not many frameworks or languages that compile to HTML in the way that there are for JS? I get that there exists markdown, but that it does not have the standardization nor functionality of HTML.
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> It seems that everyone hates HTML
Do they?
> Why are there not many frameworks or languages that compile to HTML in the way that there are for JS?
There are plenty of frameworks that generate HTML for you. A lot of websites just have some very bare-bones HTML and then loads of javascript that generates more on the fly.
If you’re talking about something that directly translates to HTML, it’s hard to imagine what the point would be. HTML is just a fairly straightforward markup language. Any alternative markup language that translated directly into HTML would be very similar to it.
And honestly, I think HTML and CSS are largely pretty well designed, unlike javascript, which is an unmitigated disaster that we’re stuck with for historical reasons.
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