Add defer attribute to javascript_include_tag Rails

Question

Is there some way to add the defer attribute easily using the javascript_include_tag helper in Rails?

I.e., is there some easy way to turn

<%= javascript_include_tag "blah.js" %>

into

<script defer src="blah.js"></script>

Answer 1

<%= javascript_include_tag "blah.js", :defer => "defer" %> 

This will get you (in development):

<script defer="defer" src="/assets/blah.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 

Answer 2

You can also do

<%= javascript_include_tag "blah.js", defer: true %> 

which is more consistent with other switches.