--- title: Comments in HTML --- ## Comments in HTML The comment tag is an element used to leave notes, mostly related to the project or the website. This tag is frequently used to explain something in the code or leave some recommendations about the project. The comment tag also makes it easier for the developer to come back and understand the code he's written at a later stage. Comments can also be used for commenting out lines of code for debugging purposes. It is good practice to add comments to your code, especially when working with a team or at a company. Comments are started with ``, and can span multiple lines. They can contain code or text, and won't appear on the front-end of the website when a user visits a page. You can view comments through the Inspector Console, or by viewing Page Source. ### Example ```html Read more: https://html.com/tags/comment-tag/#ixzz4vtZHu5uR

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``` ## Conditional Comments Conditional Comments defines some HTML tags to be executed when a certain condition is fulfilled. Conditional Comments are only recognized by Internet Explorer Version 5 through to Version 9 (IE5 - IE9). ### Example ```html ``` ### IE Conditional Comments These comments are only available in Internet Explorer and can be used up to IE9. In the current times, there is a good change you will never see them, but it is good to know about their existance. Conditional Comments are a way to serve a different experience for different client browsers. For example: ```html ``` [About conditional comments](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512(v=vs.85).aspx)