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 the current protocol, whether it be http: or https:, as needed. This means that you won’t have to worry about any issues down the road should you decide to implement SSL. It also means that the location your user happens to use to access the site doesn’t matter.
Here’s my updated set of references with the protocols omitted and updated to the versions I’m currently using:
<!-- Reference the jQueryUI theme's stylesheet on the Google CDN. Here we're using the "Start" theme --> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.0/themes/start/jquery-ui.css" /> <!-- Reference jQuery on the Google CDN --> <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <!-- Reference jQueryUI on the Google CDN --> <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <!-- Reference SPServices on cdnjs (Cloudflare) --> <script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.SPServices/0.7.2/jquery.SPServices-0.7.2.min.js"></script>
Finally :-)
In these troubled time, you might also want to mention jQuery’s best kept secret: the Migrate plugin.
Christophe:
I haven’t really played with the jQuery Migrate plugin yet. What have you found to be its best features?
M.
The Migrate plugin is a polyfill. It’s role is not to add features, but rather guarantee that you’re not losing any when migrating to jQuery 1.9. In our SharePoint world, many people are still working with older browsers (IE 7, IE 8, IE 9 quirksmode), or older jQuery methods that are not supported by the new jQuery releases.
From the jQuery blog: “far too many of you are trying to do an upgrade to jQuery 1.9 without also using jQuery Migrate. Stop hitting yourself!”
Source: http://blog.jquery.com/2013/01/31/jquery-migrate-1-1-0-released/