[thelist] JavaScript - linking v. embedding

[Amy]

I recently read that the "embed element is deprecated in XHTML 1.0" and that
there is "currently no option that uses the embed element and includes both
cross-browser compatibility and web standards compliance."
This is a quote from Dreamweaver MX/Fireworks MX by Christian Crumlish.

Amy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Clover" <and-evolt at doxdesk.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] JavaScript - linking v. embedding


> David Siedband <david at calteg.org> wrote:
>
> > Are there guidelines for when javascript should be linked as a separate
> > file and when it should be embedded?
>
> Linking is usually best. You then don't have to worry about a number of
> HTML escaping issues that can otherwise be confusing.
>
> Embedding, however, may be more convenient where:
>
>    - the scripting involved is very short
>    - the code is not shared over multiple pages
>    - the page is generated by the server (through PHP etc.) and you want
>      to include dynamic JavaScript (eg. setting up an array of data for
>      another linked script to handle).
>
> Inline script (onclick etc.) has further escaping issues and is often
> better replaced with direct listener assignment from JS.
>
> > Are there variations in how browsers treat these two options?
>
> Normally, no: the browser must execute the scripting, whether embedded
> or linked, before continuing with the parsing of the rest of the document.
>
> This is not necessarily the case if you use <script defer> (or
> defer="defer" in XHTML), which can allow the browser to take its time
> over loading scripts; in this case a linked script may run a bit later
> than an embedded one if the browser has to fetch it. <script defer> is
> not globally supported though, and rarely used ATM.
>
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