Let Google Serve Your jQuery

Posted by Bree on Jan 30, 2009 in JavaScript | 0 comments

Whether you have moved to jQuery or are using prototype.js, you can include your JS library directly from Google’s code library.

Getting your library from google gives you an awesome perk: There’s a good chance that users visiting your site have it cached because they’ve previously visited Google (or another site getting the code from google). This essentially makes it a freebie. Genius!

If you’re a big-shot you professional, you’ll probably want to use the extra-flexible google.load method:

google.load(“jquery”, “1.2.6″);

If you’re just interested in doing it simply, here is the path for direct inclusion:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.js

Read all about it at Google.