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Viewport Meta Tag

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What is it?

The <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> tag contains information about how much width your website needs for the browsers to render your page.

The width=device-width means that the width of your website is whatever the width of the user's device.

The initial-scale=1 means that the default zoom level of your website is 100% or one.

Do you need to include it?

Yes, you may include it.

If you want to create a responsive website, you must include it.

Resources

Viewport meta tag - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

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