Interview Question

What is defer script loading?

defer downloads in parallel and runs after HTML parsing in order.

💡 Concept ✅ Quick Revision 🌐 HTML

Answer

Deferred script loading downloads a script while HTML parsing continues. • The script waits until HTML parsing finishes before running. • Deferred scripts keep their document order. • It suits scripts that need the page DOM.

💡 Simple Example

<script defer src="app.js"></script>

⚡ Quick Revision

defer downloads in parallel and runs after HTML parsing in order.