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I haven't done serious web dev since 2013. I was usually pretty conscious of best practice. Lately as I'm using templates I'm seeing alot of <img src=""...> instead of <img /> such as I had learned. Did something change? Is best practice changed?

Leo Blanchette
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  • Is the spec you're following HTML or XHTML? – Enigmativity Feb 15 '20 at 04:56
  • See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1946426/html-5-is-it-br-br-or-br –  Feb 15 '20 at 04:57
  • See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14860492/how-to-close-img-tag-properly/14860541 –  Feb 15 '20 at 04:58
  • I believe this question may be a duplicate of the two questions I just cited. Also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23890716/why-is-the-img-tag-not-closed-in-html Many answers are quite old, but still valid; there are also many newer answers. –  Feb 15 '20 at 04:59
  • There's no absolute answer to this question. `` is acceptable according to specs. `` is more readable and conveys intention more clearly for somebody who's not proficient in HTML. – yqlim Feb 15 '20 at 05:01
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4693939/self-closing-tags-void-elements-in-html5 – ksav Feb 15 '20 at 05:03

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In HTML (up to HTML 4): use <br>

In HTML 5: <br> is preferred, but <br/> and <br /> is also acceptable

In XHTML: <br /> is preferred. Can also use <br/> or <br></br>

Notes:

  • <br></br> is not valid in HTML 5, it will be thought of as two line breaks.
  • XHTML is case sensitive, HTML is not case sensitive.
  • For backward compatibility, some old browsers would parse XHTML as HTML and fail on
    but not

Reference:

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