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Posted by Marco Fregoso
Marco Fregoso
501 Points

I thought the <img> tag wasn't supposed to be closed

At 2:02 Alena seems to be closing the <img> tag like this <img/>, I thought it was a syntax error and after some brief research I found out closing the <img> tag serves no purpose and is therefore forbidden. Does it actually serve any purpose here?

Marco Fregoso
Marco Fregoso
501 Points

This is the link to the video BTW

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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! The img tag is a self-closing tag. It is forbidden to close it with an ending tag. For instance you may have this:

<img />

But you may not have this:

<img> </img>

But the last backslash is not absolutely necessary in the first example. For a really brilliant explanation, I recommend this blog post by the late Treehouse teacher Jason Seifer.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Marco Fregoso
Marco Fregoso
501 Points

Solved my question, thx!