What are SVG files?

Unpacking the usefulness of SVG files for web development

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Images come in multiple different file types. You might have heard of .png, .jpg, and .jpeg to name a few. While each of these image types are slightly different, they function more or less the same. In this article, we wanted to explore a type of image format, .svg, that is very useful for web development.