HTML5 <script> declarations

javascript html content-type
Chris picture Chris · Apr 11, 2011 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

Is it still necessary (or even good practice) when using HTML5 to declare the script type when using a script block?

e.g. <script type="text/javascript">

Plus what about using a CDATA block in the script for browser parsing?

e.g. // <![CDATA[ ... ~code here ~... // ]]>

Any help much appreciated.

Answer

halfdan picture halfdan · Apr 11, 2011

The current draft of HTML5 doesn't require the type attribute for script tags.

Also the <![CDATA is not required in HTML5 (it was XHTML specific anyway).

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