Nice reminder. I've never been sure what a smart use-case is for async, it seems like defer is almost always the more appropriate choice on a webpage so the HTML can finish parsing before any JS executes.
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I've never come across a use-case where I'd use async :p
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Nice reminder. I've never been sure what a smart use-case is for
async, it seems likedeferis almost always the more appropriate choice on a webpage so the HTML can finish parsing before any JS executes.I've never come across a use-case where I'd use async :p