Tutoring web design, this fact is known. The tutor shares some documentation.

I’ve known for some time that the self-closing script tag

<script src=”the_script.js” />

seems not to work. Rather, I use

<script src=”the_script.js”></script>

I’ve wondered why the self-closing script tag doesn’t work; is it just something I’m doing wrong?

Today, I got confirmation that, indeed, the self-closing script tag doesn’t work in html5. Darren Jones, in his book JavaScript: Novice to Ninja (chapter 1) confirms that separate opening and closing script tags must be used.

Source:

Jones, Darren. JavaScript: Novice to Ninja. SitePoint Pty. Ltd., 2014.

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.