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Nothing, but it’s not a programming language

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But the meme says developer, not programmer… wouldn’t that be ok then?

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The first step to being a developer seems to be learning how to put down other devs :(

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What is it actually then?

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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

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Diogenes throws a Ruby on Rails model over the fence and shouts “Behold a markup language!”

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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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I knew it was a markup language, but didn’t know the diff between the two since I’m not a programmer. Thanks

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Psshaw. I programmed my Myspace page with that language: checkmate.

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