Relative path or url for html src and href attributes

Question

Using a framework makes it easy to list full url\'s for my html src and href attributes, and I feel I\'m being more thorough by listing a full url instead of a relative path

Answer 1

Oh you really don't want to use a full path. You'll have a lot of work ahead of you:

• If you want to develop the site locally
• You change / add domains (development, staging, etc)
• You switch to using a CDN

You also will break your dev environment, since most modern ones will perform local directory lookups. Can't do that with a domain.

Also, in a dev environment you will be pulling from the production site, which will make modifying and adding images extremely tricky.

Most importantly, other developers working with your code will try to kill you. And that's bad for your health.