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Now in the last lecture,

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I introduced void elements

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and the link element was an example void element.

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We'll see another void element soon.

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And I got one important note about the exact syntax

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for those void elements,

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so how we write those void elements.

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I did write this link like this,

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just the opening tag, no closing tag.

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You can also alternatively add a forward slash

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at the end of this opening tag,

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hence turning this into a so-called self-closing tag

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because it immediately closes itself after the opening tag.

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And if you use this

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or the alternative without the forward slash at the end

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is totally up to you.

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You can use either of the two syntaxes.

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Now I'm mentioning this here

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because when I press my auto format shortcut,

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it actually adds this forward slash automatically for me.

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And hence, I don't want you to get confused

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if you will later see that forward slash here,

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that while simply me pressing the auto format shortcut

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and it is exactly the same as having this element

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without that forward slash.