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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Adding and Removing Names Tour the Application

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Linking JS file to HTML in HTML5

In the example, Guil linked the js.app file to the index.html file with the following script tag.

<script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems with HTML5, adding the attribute, type="text/javascript", is not needed anymore.

Is there any reason why we would continue to do it this way? Is there a best practice I'm unaware of?

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Clayton Perszyk
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Probably just did it out of habit. Also, not sure, but it might be considered best practice to include it, even if it is not necessary.