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As browsers parse and render page code sequentially, the parsing and execution of Javascript (whether inline or external) code might block rendering the page and downloading other resources (e.g. images) if the js code was not properly placed. Creating dynamic script elements, due to its intrinsic asynchronous loading pattern, has been widely re…
//Dynamically load js files, taking an array.
function loadJS(fileList) {
var i = 0,
doc = document,
h = doc.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
l(i);
function l(i) {
var js = doc.createElement('script');
js.type = 'text/javascript';
var re = function() {
i < fileList.length - 1 ? l(i + 1) : console.log('All scripts loaded.');
}
if (js.readyState) {
js.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (js.readyState == 'loaded' || js.readyState == 'complete') {
js.onreadystatechange = null;
re();
}
}
} else {
js.onload = re;
}
js.src = fileList[i];
h.appendChild(js);
}
}
//One line of code is enough to load all files:
loadJS(['a.js', 'b.js', 'c.js']);
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