jQuery CDN as A Named Module In RequireJS

If you want RequireJS to fetch jQuery from a CDN, you’ll need to tell it to do so using the “paths” config:

require.config({
paths: {
"jquery": "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"
}
});

As I understand it, if you want to use the local file fallback code a la html5bp you’re out of luck. For those of you who don’t know, the local file fallback code allows you to load jQuery from your own domain if the CDN version fails to load. It looks like this:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="js/vendor/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"><\/script>')</script>

Arguably, if you’re using jQuery it is likely to be a global requirement rather than a requirement for one or two modules. The same sort of thing with BackboneJS. It might be better to place these global requirements in the HTML for your pages (before the RequireJS script) to save typing ‘jquery’ and ‘backbone’ in all your module definitions.

22,429 thoughts on “jQuery CDN as A Named Module In RequireJS

  1. Hi friends, how is all, and what you would like to say
    regarding this post, in my view its really amazing in favor of me.

  2. Have you ever considered publishing an e-book or guest
    authoring on other blogs? I have a blog based on the same topics you discuss and would love
    to have you share some stories/information. I know my visitors would value your work.

    If you’re even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an e-mail.

  3. Hi there! I could have sworn I’ve been to this web site before but after browsing through a few of the
    posts I realized it’s new to me. Nonetheless, I’m definitely happy I discovered it and I’ll be bookmarking it
    and checking back regularly!