HTML parse order / script execution order

Question

the following lines are from the official jQuery website

Answer 1

Lets talk about the more traditional way of handling without using attribute defer or async

The browsers will:

1. Download scripts, blocking other resource from downloading

2. Parse the scripts

3. Execute the scripts

See Ch1, Loading and Executing from High Performance JavaScript

Here's another good reference 12.3. Execution of JavaScript Programs from JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition