Question 1

What are HTML entities?

Accepted Answer

HTML entities are special codes used to represent reserved characters or characters that can't be typed directly, like <, >, &.

Question 2

When should I encode HTML?

Accepted Answer

Whenever you need to display raw HTML code as text in a webpage, or when inserting user-generated content to prevent XSS attacks.

Question 3

Is this done locally?

Accepted Answer

Yes, all encoding and decoding happens in your browser. No data is sent to any server.

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