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Posted by Jessica Donley
Jessica Donley
3,967 Points

Why do we indent when putting an article tag?

Is this so it looks cleaner or is there another reason? Thank you!

1 Answer

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points
Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Only for human readability. Makes it easier to understand how things nest inside each other. Computers don't care, all whitespace (beyond a single space) is ignored in HTML files.