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Asked: 2026-06-14T19:35:09+00:00

What is the best practice for loading an external .js file into an .html

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What is the best practice for loading an external .js file into an .html file? (no inline calls e.g., <body onload="...)

I have a basic HTML page where I’d like to load an external .js file. When I have the code in a script tag at the bottom of my HTML page everything works as it should.

However if I cut the js code and paste it into an external .js file and call the file from either the bottom of the <head> tag or place the call to the script just above the closing </body> tag the script doesn’t run.

Unsuccessful, but I’ve also tried wrapping the code in the external .js file in:

function init() {
    // Put your code here
}
window.onload = init;
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  1. Editorial Team
    <script type="text/javascript" src="url.blah/folder/file.js"></script>

    This will make the Javascript code accessible from other external javascript files, as well as inline Javascript.

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