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

Actually, for performance reasons, you almost always want to put your script tags at the bottom of your page. Why? You want your page structure and your CSS to load first so that the user sees the page right away. Then you want all your behavior driven code to load last. YSlow is a good firefox extension that will show you a grade for performance. One of the items it grades you on is whether you have javascript at the bottom rather than the top.