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So I've recently learned that putting your js at the bottom of the DOM is antiquated, and that I should be once again putting them in the <head> with the “async” and “defer” attributes.
Great. But I'm a bit confused as to which I should use, based on priority.
So I have:
- jquery
- jquery plugins that don't have immediate effects on the look of the page
- jquery plugins that do have immediate effects on the look of the page
- my own personal scripts, which have immediate effects on the look of the page, and is also reliant on jquery
Which should get async, and which should get defer?
If I understand all this correctly, the ones that don't have an immediate effect on the look of the site should get defer, while everything else gets async. Correct? Or am I getting these mixed up.
It's quite simple. You should use
[async]for scripts which can be executed in any order, and[defer]for scripts which have to be executed after HTML is parsed.For example, if you have a script that add social sharing icons next to your posts, and this script doesn't rely on any other script, you can use both
[async]and[defer]. But if your scripts requires jQuery, you can't use[async], because if you do, it might turn out that it gets executed before jQuery is loaded and it breaks.If all your scripts require jQuery, then you shouldn't use
[async]at all. As for[defer], it depends on whether your scripts access DOM. For plugins it probably doesn't matter, but you'll probably need it for your own code.If you wrap your scripts in
$(document).ready();, you can use[defer]for scripts which don't have immediate effect (e.g. require user interaction).