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The
<script>HTML element is used to embed executable code - This is typically JavaScript
HTML Fundamentals
Notes
defer:
This boolean attribute indicates to browser
that the script is meant to be executed after the document
has been parsed, but before firing
DOMContentLoaded.
The script tag should either be included
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Between the
<head> tags -
Just before the closing
<body> tag
JavaScript is often placed before the closing body tag to help reduce the page loading time. Doing this allows the rest of the page to load before loading the JavaScript files, which can be large
Example
<script src="javascript.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript.js"></script>
<script>
alert("Hello World!");
</script>
Mnemonic
(scr)ipt is src