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JavaScript

Posted by Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

Why is JavaScript tag is placed before body end tag not after?

Why is JavaScript tag is placed before body end tag not after?

5 Answers

Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points

That's too low:) It will result in an Invalid HTML Document. Best is to put it just inside the closing body tags. The other option is inside the head, but the browser stops loading the html temporarily to load the Javascript file, so the bottom of the body is usually best. Does that help?

Moderator Edit: Moved response from Comments to Answers, as it provides an answer and can be upvoted and/or marked Best Answers.

Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points
Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points

Sorry for the wait this time. I work long days:) Actually, I've never tried putting tags below the body, but I'm guessing how it's handled may vary from browser to browser. I'm pretty sure it should result in the code being invalid. I believe only "comments" and the closing html tags are allowed below the closing body tag. Is there a reason you wish to do this?

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points
Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

Thank you Russell. I got the answer that I was looking. It is not that I want to place JS code below </body>, I just wanted to know the reason.

Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points
Teacher Russell
Teacher Russell
16,873 Points

Got it. If you feel like giving me a best answer, cool, and if not, that's ok too. I'm really glad I could help. Happy coding. Stay at it.

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

There is no reason to not to give it best answer. I already gave it. Thank you again.

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points
Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

Russell, Thank for replying so quick. Could you please explain to me, what do you mean by "It will result in an Invalid HTML Document. "?

Will I get an error on "document" keyword?