Take the 2-minute tour ×  I with 2 other friends are new to web
development. We are learning HTML, CSS, Javascript and are
creating simple websites to get a feel of different things. And
as HTML is only a markup and not a programming language we have
very different styles evolving. I mean whenever we look at each
other's code, we tend to put a good amount of time in
understanding why the other one does that.  Now we want to build
a larger website together and my question is- Is that a problem
having very different styles in a team for web
development(specifically)?  share|improve this question You give
an answer in your question : " I mean whenever we look at each
other's code, we tend to put a good amount of time in
understanding why the other one does that". So yes, it is surely
a problem :) –  ereOn Feb 27 '12 at 7:48  6 Answers 6  up vote 5
down vote accepted  It is part of an HTML author’s competence to
be able to read HTML markup written in different styles (e.g.,
nesting, uppercase ~ lowercase, quotes