Optimizing Script Loading for Faster Website Performance
Introduction: When it comes to website performance, the placement of <script> tags plays a crucial role in optimizing user experience. Understanding how browsers handle script loading can help enhance the speed at which your website loads. In this blog post, we'll explore the evolution of script placement recommendations and discuss modern approaches for efficient script loading. The Traditional Challenge: In the early days of web development, scripts positioned in the <head> tag could halt the entire parsing process, causing delays in rendering the page. This was particularly problematic when scripts manipulated the Document Object Model (DOM) during loading, requiring the parser to wait until the script was downloaded and executed. The Antiquated Recommendation: To mitigate this issue, an older recommendation was to place <script> tags at the bottom of the <body> . While this prevented the parser from being blocked until the end, it introduced a new