book by Nicholas C. Zakas presentation by Goran Topic Loading and Execution or how not to block your page The first job: getting your scripts to run Standard way: list them in <head/> That way, we know they are available "Standard" way <html> <head> <title>Test</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="file1.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="file2.js"></script> <script type="text