Referencing jQuery, jQueryUI, and SPServices from CDNs – Revisited

In my previous post entitled Referencing jQuery, jQueryUI, and SPServices from CDNs, I provided the references to quickly add jQuery, jQueryUI, and SPServices from the CDNs I typically use. However, I made a bit of a faux pas in what I provided. It’s better to omit the protocol in the references. Browsers will simply use…

Should You Use a CDN for jQuery Libraries?

I frequently have people ask me whether they should store jQuery libraries in house or reference external Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) instead. I see plusses and minuses for using the various CDNs out there. (There are several big ones: Google, Microsoft, etc.)  Reducing the ‘hits on the server’ thing is potentially one plus, but unless…