On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM, dtang85 <dtan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know that it is considered best practice to place your scripts at > the bottom of the page before the closing body tag. However, I started > using Require.js recently and the Google Maps API, and both tell you > to place your scripts in the head. Is there a reason for this or do > the examples just put it there because this was common practice in the > past?
If you use the "defer" attribute on the script tag, it makes sense to put it as early in the document as possible. Then the script can be loaded in parallel with the page being parsed. /L -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentors.com/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@googlegroups.com/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jsmentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
