When should I use a trailing slash in my URL?

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It is not a question of preference. /base and /base/ have different semantics. In many cases, the difference is unimportant. But it is important when there are relative URLs.

  • child relative to /base/ is /base/child.
  • child relative to /base is (perhaps surprisingly) /child.

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