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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 PointsWhat's the difference between <section>, <p>, <div container>, or <div wrapper>?
Isn't it all for breaking up groupings of information? I see these different code's when I watch the video's here, or tutorials in youtube and would like to have more clarity in this.
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nico dev
20,364 PointsHey very good question really! And the answer (only in my humble opinion, although there will surely be more and better replies) is: basically, yes, although due to different criteria.
I will explain what I mean: the way I see it, you use the <section> to distinguish the section from others, like the header, the footer, etc. However, even inside of that section, you may have a couple of <div>s. Why? Because you want to style them differently (or make them look at the side of each other, clearing them right and left, for example). Even inside of each of these <div>s, you may have more than one <p>, and this is again not stylistic, but rather to simple put one paragraph of the div apart from the other.
So there you have an example, where you would use a <section>, then inside a couple of <div>s, and inside each of them, more than one <p>.
Hope that helped.
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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,937 PointsUntil now I used a lot of div's, this will make it easier to read. Thanks!