Inline/async <script> should be placed BEFORE <link rel="stylesheet">.

[dtinth]

According to the talk FaCSSt—CSS and Performance @ 39:35 about loading CSS and JS,

Example from the talk:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="…">
<script>
  var script = document.createElement('script')
  script.src = '…'
  document.getElementByTagNames('head')[0].appendChild(script)
</script>

Since a <script> may alter the CSSOM of the previous <link> tag, the browser will not execute the <script> tag until all stylesheets declared beforehand finished loading.

[thedaviddias]

Hey @dtinth, are you proposing a change or a new rule?

[dtinth]

In this case, I think it would be a new rule: Put analytics tracking script before <link rel="stylesheet">.

[yairEO]

@dtinth - This is true to any script which requires a download and not just "analytics tracking script", so a more general rule would be preferred

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