Are Tables Evil?

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I think the answer to this question is a resounding "no," as long as they are used for their intended purpose. While tables rightfully get a bad rap when abused in creating complex, nested layouts, they provide the necessary structure for blocks of data and information.

We could've filled an entire book with all of the different techniques you can employ to build great tables, but hopefully have gotten you off on the right foot for creating simple tables that can still strive to be accessible to all and yet easily styled with CSS.

Speaking of style, let's refinish our example table with a few different CSS tricks.

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