Emmet is a plugin that improves HTML and CSS workflow by allowing users to expand abbreviations for HTML elements and attributes into full code. Some key features include:
- Expanding abbreviations like ul.pager.clearfix>li*4 into fully formed HTML code
- Using syntax similar to CSS selectors to describe element positions and attributes
- Wrapping selected text or list items with tags quickly
- Updating image sizes inline
- Encoding/decoding images to data URLs
- Access to a cheat sheet of Emmet abbreviations
Emmet streamlines front-end development by allowing rapid coding through abbreviation expansion.