Is it compulsory to add "/" after br tag in html.

Question

Whenever I make a Web page and I add "br" tag in it i always forgot to add "/" sign but I don't see any problem because of this.

Answer 1

No, You can use br tag as <br>

Answer 2

in html 5 u don't need to close the empty tags.. it is acceptable without the backslash

Answer 3

HTML5 had change a lot of things. Like the slash that you mention.
But try not to forget it.
It's not a good habit, your code will be ugly to the senior or architect developers that will saw your portfolio...

Answer 4

browsers takes care of it. because HTML is case insensitive. u can use HTML tags in upper case or Lowe case.

Answer 5

that states the end of the break statement