Answers for "javascript wait for external script to load"

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async vs defer

Check this image for better understanding
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Async scripts are executed as soon as the script is loaded, so it doesn't guarantee the order of execution (a script you included at the end may execute before the first script file )
Defer scripts guarantees the order of execution in which they appear in the page.
Posted by: Guest on October-09-2020
0

delay external javascript file load

//load external js file into header after 2 seconds
setTimeout(function() {
    var headerEl = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];   
    var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	    scriptEl.type = 'text/javascript';
    	scriptEl.src = 'http:/www.mywebsite.com/myscript.js';
    	headerEl.appendChild(scriptEl);
}, 2000);
Posted by: Guest on April-30-2021

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