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id: self-closing-tag
title: Self-Closing Tag
layout: docs
permalink: self-closing-tag.html
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### Problem
You're getting a parsing error (unexpected token) from JSX.

### Solution
One of the reasons might be that you didn't put a `/` for your self-closing tags. `<MyComponent />` is valid while `<MyComponent>` isn't.

### Discussion
Every React component can be self-closing where it makes sense: `<div/>`.