Originally Posted by Andrew R Valid code doesn't mean anything. I wouldn't bother if everyone knew how little it actually means, but since I always get people bugging me asking if my coding will be valid, I tend to do it anyway. Like Chris said, validity isn't as important as semantic and well-written code. But I'm glad to see that I was valid.

I personally believe that valid code is extremely important since it helps further both standards and well written websites. It's not really hard to make a website valid either so there's no good reason for not making it 100% valid. That being said, I also believe that semantics are just as important (i.e extremely) and that you can have both with ease.