--- id: self-closing-tag title: Self-Closing Tag layout: tips permalink: self-closing-tag.html prev: if-else-in-JSX.html next: maximum-number-of-jsx-root-nodes.html --- In JSX, `<MyComponent />` alone is valid while `<MyComponent>` isn't. All tags must be closed, either with the self-closing format or with a corresponding closing tag (`</MyComponent>`). > Note: > > Every React component can be self-closing: `<div />`. `<div></div>` is also an equivalent.