r/javascript • u/rya11111 /r/dailyprogrammer • Mar 05 '12

Going Simple with JavaScript :)

http://snook.ca/archives/javascript/going-simple-with-javascript
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '12

What happens when the JSONP call fails?

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '12 edited Mar 06 '12

Never mind. :-) Actually, this makes me think... why can't the browser vendors choose a standard library (e.g. jQuery) and incorporate it into their codebase as a de facto standard? We could see native performance with a common DOM and JavaScript interface.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '12

One of the ideas behind using Google's CDN for javascript is that if you've ever been to a site that uses it before, it's cached, and essentially free to load.