Difference between for importing multiple js file in HTML

Question

This issue I recently faced, I was trying to import multiple js files in my HTML page like this -

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore.js" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.js" />
<script src="lib/js/backbone.js" />

But the issue I was facing is, it was loading only the first js file and the rest of the js file was not getting loaded. I also checked the network section in the browser, the remaining two file was just not getting called. Then I changed the syntax to this -

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="lib/js/backbone.js"></script>

And then the loading of all the 3 files happened successfully. My question is, is

<script src="" />

a wrong syntax or is this issue only specific to me?

Script tags are not self closing, you should have both opening and closing tag. — NewToJS, Aug 18 '17 at 11:08
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69913/why-dont-self-closing-script-tags-work, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4531772/can-the-script-tag-not-be-self-closed — CBroe, Aug 18 '17 at 11:12

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '17 at 11:06

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Script tag requires both the starting and ending tag. From MDN:

Tag omission: None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.

answered Aug 18 '17 at 11:06

Nisarg Shah

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