Re: [whatwg] Loading and executing script as quickly as possible using multipart/mixed

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Kyle Simpson <getify@gmail.com> wrote:

> Adam-
>
> > To load and execute a script as quickly as possible, the author would
> > use the following markup:
> >
> > <script async src="path/to/script.js"></script>
> >
> > The HTTP server would then break script.js into chunks that are safe
> > to execute sequentially and provide each chunk as a separate MIME part
> > in a multipart/mixed response.
>
> I like the spirit of this idea, but one concern I have is about the script
> load and readystate events. It seems that authors will want to know when
> each chunk has finished executing (in the same way they want to know that
> scripts themselves finish).
>

Why? What would you do in such an event?


> There's a contingent on this list which thinks that all script authors
> should change their code to never have "side effects" of execution, and
> should all instead be executable by having some other logic invoke them
> (aka "module style" coding). The reality is that a mixture of both types of
> approaches will be available on the web for any foreseeable future (well
> beyond the time when ES6 has provided first-class module support to all
> in-use browsers, so probably nearly a decade from now I'd think). So
> authors will likely want to be able to monitor when each chunk "onload"s.
>
> One suggestion is to added a state to the readyState mechanism like
> "chunkReady", where the event fires and includes in its event object
> properties the numeric index, the //@sourceURL, the separator identifier,
> or otherwise some sort of identifier for which the author can tell which
> chunk executed.
>
>
>
> --Kyle
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Received on Tuesday, 4 December 2012 02:37:01 UTC