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

Just be careful about the bad effects on latency that you can have, depending on the user's browser and where exactly you place your Javascript in the page -- see just about all that Steve Souders has to say, including the videos of his Stanford lectures, and the fruit of his labors left behind e.g. here (put scripts at the bottom of the page in as much as feasible, etc etc).