Can I load javascript code using <link> tag?

Question

Can I load javascript code using tag in my website ?

For example I have a javascript file, test.js, which contains the simple

Answer 1

Modern browsers support the preload keyword, which is used to preload various resources, including scripts. From MDN:

The preload value of the element's rel attribute allows you to write declarative fetch requests in your HTML , specifying resources that your pages will need very soon after loading, which you therefore want to start preloading early in the lifecycle of a page load, before the browser's main rendering machinery kicks in. This ensures that they are made available earlier and are less likely to block the page's first render, leading to performance improvements.

A simple example might look like this (see our JS and CSS example source, and also live):

  
  

  
  

  



  
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