DataTables: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'defaults' of undefined

Question

When using the Bootstrap integration for DataTables, I see the following error in the console:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property \'defaults\' of undefined (         


        

Answer 1

var datatable_jquery_script = document.createElement("script");
datatable_jquery_script.src = "vendor/datatables/jquery.dataTables.min.js";
document.body.appendChild(datatable_jquery_script);
setTimeout(function(){
    var datatable_bootstrap_script = document.createElement("script");
    datatable_bootstrap_script.src = "vendor/datatables/dataTables.bootstrap4.min.js";
    document.body.appendChild(datatable_bootstrap_script);
},100);

I used setTimeOut to make sure datatables.min.js loads first. I inspected the waterfall loading of each, bootstrap4.min.js always loads first.