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+tags:
+ - html
+ - web
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+Default type: javascript. Can specify `type` with a mimetype of alternate script language. `type="module"` for javascript modules.
+
+Place scripts at the end rather than at the start, unless [DOMContentLoadedEvent](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Document/DOMContentLoaded_event) is used.
+- Javascript can't reference elements that don't yet exist
+- Browser blocks rendering, and halts downloads etc until js finishes execution
+
+`<script defer>` dont block while downloading, execute js after rendering
+`<script async>` dont block while downloading, execute js when download finished, pausing renderer until js completes
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