I don't know why people are so keen to put distance between themselves and HTML. HTML is a rich, expressive markup language with strong accessibility features that is also consistent and simple.
I write in HTML the way some people write in Markdown using the abbreviated (but valid) syntax.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>The Great Novel of All Time</title>
<h1>Chapter One</h1>
<p>It was a dark and stormy night.
<p>Suddenly a shot rang out!
<p>A door slammed. The maid screamed.
If you avoid closing things that don't need to be closed, and use whitespace (and a syntax-highlighting editor) it's easy to write and easy to eye-parse.
I write in HTML the way some people write in Markdown using the abbreviated (but valid) syntax.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>The Great Novel of All Time</title>
<h1>Chapter One</h1>
<p>It was a dark and stormy night.
<p>Suddenly a shot rang out!
<p>A door slammed. The maid screamed.
If you avoid closing things that don't need to be closed, and use whitespace (and a syntax-highlighting editor) it's easy to write and easy to eye-parse.
No includes though.