Support for Async Scripts
Explore how React 19 improves script handling by allowing you to directly declare async and defer script tags in JSX. Learn to load external JavaScript efficiently without blocking rendering, replacing older manual DOM manipulations. Gain practical skills with exercises on loading Google Fonts, deferring scripts, and using module scripts.
Modern web apps frequently include third-party JavaScript for analytics, widgets, chat tools, or external libraries. If loaded incorrectly, these scripts can block rendering and slow down page performance. That’s why browsers support attributes like async and defer to load scripts without blocking page load.
Before React 19, developers could not include <script> tags directly in JSX as in regular HTML. We had to use useEffect or manually manipulate the DOM, breaking React’s declarative model. React 19 allows you to include <script> tags declaratively in JSX, supporting attributes like async, defer, and more.
Manual script injection
Before React 19, to include a script like Google Analytics or ...