Does javascript have to be in the head tags?

Question

I believe javascript can be anywhere (almost), but I almost always see it in between . I am using jquery and wanted to know if it has

Answer 1

No. SCRIPT is not only categorized as head.misc element but also as special element and thus everywhere allowed where inline elements are allowed. So you can put a SCRIPT wherever inline elements are allowed:

foo 

In fact, some recommend to put SCRIPT elements at the end of the BODY just before the closing tag so that the whole document is parsed before the JavaScript is loaded. That is to prevent JavaScript from blocking parallel downloads.