The only reason to include JavaScript files at the end of the body instead of the head is because scripts block other downloads. If you're not experiencing any long page load problems, you can just leave the includes in the head.
There was a good post about this on the YUI blog: http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/07/22/non-blocking-scripts/ On Aug 24, 8:50 am, bradvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been wondering where others feel its best to include jquery and > other .js files in the html. > > Include it in the HEAD or at the end of the html document just before > you close the BODY tag? > > There are arguments for including it at the end of the document so > that the dom is fully loaded by the time the javascript loads, but > that argument falls away with jquery's ready event. So is it truly > beneficial at the end? > > So far i have been including all my .js files in the HEAD with no > problems, as well as all my page specific ready script. > > what are others doing and why do you choose to do it that way?
