Where to add script tag in HTML

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What you will learn here about where to add script tag in HTML.
There are 3 ways to add JavaScript in HTML code and those are

  1. JavaScript in head
  2. JavaScript in body
  3. external JavaScript in html

1)JavaScript in head

In the head section of HTML code, JavaScript is added in <script> tag.

<head>
<script>
var name=”Jon Dow”;
console.log(name);
</script>

</head>

2)JavaScript in body

In the body section of HTML code, JavaScript is also added in <script> tag. This <script> tag we can place anywhere in the body. Generally we keep <script> tag before closing the <body> tag.

<body>
<script>
document.getElementById(‘demo’).innerHTML=””Javascript Example”;”;
</script>

</body>

3)External JavaScript in HTML

External JavaScript in HTML code is added using <script> tag with src attribute. The value of src attribute is the URL of external javascript file.

<body>
<script src=”https://www.bytesofgigabytes.com/codes/script.js” >

</script>

</body>


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