addresses #96

bonzo.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     , query = null // used for setting a selector engine host
     , specialAttributes = /^(checked|value|selected|disabled)$/i
     , specialTags = /^(select|fieldset|table|tbody|tfoot|td|tr|colgroup)$/i // tags that we have trouble inserting *into*
+    , simpleScriptTagRe = /\s*<script +src=['"]([^'"]+)['"]>/
     , table = ['<table>', '</table>', 1]
     , td = ['<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>', 3]
     , option = ['<select>', '</select>', 1]
@@ -1036,6 +1037,13 @@
     return { x: win.pageXOffset || html.scrollLeft, y: win.pageYOffset || html.scrollTop }
   }
 
+  function createScriptFromHtml(html) {
+    var scriptEl = document.createElement('script')
+      , matches = html.match(simpleScriptTagRe)
+    scriptEl.src = matches[1]
+    return scriptEl
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {Array.<Element>|Element|Node|string} els
    * @return {Bonzo}
@@ -1060,7 +1068,8 @@
     // hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
     return typeof node == 'string' && node !== '' ?
       function () {
-        var tag = /^\s*<([^\s>]+)/.exec(node)
+        if (simpleScriptTagRe.test(node)) return [createScriptFromHtml(node)]
+        var tag = node.match(/^\s*<([^\s>]+)/)
           , el = doc.createElement('div')
           , els = []
           , p = tag ? tagMap[tag[1].toLowerCase()] : null

src/bonzo.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     , parentNode = 'parentNode'
     , specialAttributes = /^(checked|value|selected|disabled)$/i
     , specialTags = /^(select|fieldset|table|tbody|tfoot|td|tr|colgroup)$/i // tags that we have trouble inserting *into*
+    , simpleScriptTagRe = /\s*<script +src=['"]([^'"]+)['"]>/
     , table = ['<table>', '</table>', 1]
     , td = ['<table><tbody><tr>', '</tr></tbody></table>', 3]
     , option = ['<select>', '</select>', 1]
@@ -1031,6 +1032,13 @@
     return { x: win.pageXOffset || html.scrollLeft, y: win.pageYOffset || html.scrollTop }
   }
 
+  function createScriptFromHtml(html) {
+    var scriptEl = document.createElement('script')
+      , matches = html.match(simpleScriptTagRe)
+    scriptEl.src = matches[1]
+    return scriptEl
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {Array.<Element>|Element|Node|string} els
    * @return {Bonzo}
@@ -1055,7 +1063,8 @@
     // hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
     return typeof node == 'string' && node !== '' ?
       function () {
-        var tag = /^\s*<([^\s>]+)/.exec(node)
+        if (simpleScriptTagRe.test(node)) return [createScriptFromHtml(node)]
+        var tag = node.match(/^\s*<([^\s>]+)/)
           , el = doc.createElement('div')
           , els = []
           , p = tag ? tagMap[tag[1].toLowerCase()] : null

tests/dommanip_insertions-test.js

@@ -2265,4 +2265,20 @@ sink('DOM Manipulation - insertions', function(test, ok, before, after, assert)
     , verify       : [ verifyExistingElementSourceEmpty, verifySingleToMultiPrepended, verifyReturnType('#insertiontastic > p') ]
   })
 
-})
+
+  /*********************************
+   * $.create script tags
+   */
+
+  test('$.create with script tags will execute scripts', function (complete) {
+    $($.create('<script src="./sample-fixture.js?' + (+new Date) + '"></script>')).appendTo(document.body)
+    var intervalTimer = setInterval(function () {
+      if (typeof window.externalFunction == 'function') {
+        clearInterval(intervalTimer)
+        ok(true, 'loaded external script file')
+        complete()
+      }
+    }, 50)
+  })
+
+})

tests/sample-fixture.js

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+window.externalFunction = function () {
+
+}