I hate HTML

[roguemat]

So I have been in Silverlight development for the last couple years, barely ever touching website stuff. Before that I was a web developer.
Now today I started making a little site to allow people to RSVP to my wedding - and I am SHOCKED at how ****ty HTML is.

Ok, so before I get hated, I know it's powerful and all that, but have you guys used XAML? I am talking only about the layout engine, not the technology.

And it's just simple stuff, like creating a stack of items, or having a block and centering it. The fact that there are 362million google results for "center a div" is telling (and yes, very unreliable as a metric).

In XAML, to align any UIElement in it's parent container you simply set: "VerticalAlignment=Center/Top/Bottom" and "HorizontalAlignment=Center,Left,Right". And to stack a bunch of elements up you just enclose them in: "<StackPanel>" and you can set it to horizontal or vertical.

Added to that the binding capabilities which put HTML 5 to shame - I just don't get why HTML is such a horrible language.

/rant
Ok, now tell me how much I suck

[Solitude]

I'm not a web developer and since I mostly work in C# these days, I got to agree.

I wish it was possible to make websites in XAML. Maybe just because I'm used to it... but it's so much easier to accomplish a proper layout compared to HTML.

[roguemat]

Why would you try to "center a div" with HTML?. We use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for that

div {
margin: 0 auto;
}

Well, erm, because I have a div that I want in the middle of something.

[froot]

Ok, now tell me how much I suck

I think you forgot to mention how much HTML sucks.

[xumwun]

It's even worse if you want you center it vertically.

[rorz0r]

<center><div>a</div></center>

[roguemat]

I think you forgot to mention how much HTML sucks.

I think you missed every line before that :P
If I did truly say what I felt about it there might be a lot more ****

[joelus]

HTML5 + CSS + javascript - use the whole package.
HTML without CSS is pretty useless, I agree

[roguemat]

HTML5 + CSS + javascript - use the whole package.
HTML without CSS is pretty useless, I agree

I apologize for not being clear - I am talking about the combination.

[scudsucker]

Wait, you are a Silverlight developer.. and you hate HTML?

I can think of worse things to hate - like Silverlight.

[byron_spy]

HTML 5 + CSS 3 + Jquery will give any front end developer a run for their money (If you know what you are doing)

[SirMCDeats]

Wait, you are a Silverlight developer.. and you hate HTML?

I can think of worse things to hate - like Silverlight.

+infinity - I've had to deal with getting some of our web apps away off silverlight now for a while - it's a nightmare.

[roguemat]

Wait, you are a Silverlight developer.. and you hate HTML?

I can think of worse things to hate - like Silverlight.

if you are able to read you would see that I clearly stated that I am just comparing the layout languages, NOT the technology behind them...

[Dewald69]

Layout is easy with some CSS... Here's a beginner's article for you:
http://designshack.net/articles/css/...hing-with-css/

[Aqua_lung]

Silverlight? Seriously?

HTML5 is far from being finished and the language is becoming more dependant on CSS.

Open standards FTW!