{"id":20927,"date":"2017-04-15T00:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=20927"},"modified":"2017-04-15T00:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:52:42","slug":"web-programming-javascript-avoiding-the-self-closing-script-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/web-programming-javascript-avoiding-the-self-closing-script-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Web programming: JavaScript: avoiding the self-closing script tag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring web design, this fact is known. The tutor shares some documentation.<\/h1>\n

I’ve known for some time that the self-closing script tag<\/p>\n

<script src=”the_script.js” \/><\/p>\n

seems not to work. Rather, I use<\/p>\n

<script src=”the_script.js”><\/script><\/p>\n

I’ve wondered why the self-closing script tag doesn’t work; is it just something I’m doing wrong?<\/p>\n

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<\/u> (chapter 1) confirms that separate opening and closing script<\/span> tags must be used.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

Jones, Darren. JavaScript: Novice to Ninja<\/u>. SitePoint Pty. Ltd., 2014.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 …<\/p>\n

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