Where to place JavaScript in an HTML file?

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The Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team recommend placing scripts at the bottom of your page because of the way browsers download components.

Of course Levi’s comment “just before you need it and no sooner” is really the correct answer, i.e. “it depends”.

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