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HTML HTML Objects Includes and iframes

Self closed and not self closed tags

Is the only way of knowing which tags are self closed and which are not by memorizing them?

1 Answer

Theodore Kruczek
Theodore Kruczek
8,800 Points

This was mentioned on the TeamTreehouse Blog.

Basically all tags can be closed, but with time you memorize which ones don't HAVE to be closed.