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HTML is case insensitive but which one is more preferable? <html>, <HTML> or <hTmL>

I have seen people writing html tags in uppercase and lowercase. To me lowercase look nice. Which one do you recommend?

3rd May 2017, 4:05 PM

Wisdom Abioye

7 Answers

+ 22

Lowercase should be preferred because according to me, it gives a cleaner look to our code. And now after getting basic knowledge of other programming languages, I always write HTML code in lowercase.

3rd May 2017, 4:19 PM

Biraj Patel

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lowercase is more common, also it may cause confusion for others when they read your code.

3rd May 2017, 6:38 PM

keivan Ipchi

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my first book about html taught the tags and attributes in uppercase, but the values of the attributes in lowercase. I prefer lowercase though, because it's easier to write and read than uppercase.

3rd May 2017, 5:38 PM

Mario L.

+ 3

Lowercase is what I have encountered most. But as you said, HTML is case insensitive, so it doesn't matter whether lower- or uppercase. BUT whatever style you choose, be CONSISTENT, i.e. if you choose lowercase, then stick to it. Hope that helps. Happy coding! ;)

3rd May 2017, 4:50 PM

Thanh Le