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qodeninja
qodeninja

Reputation: 11276

What are some arugments for/against using jQuery.getScript()?

I'm considering using this jquery utility as a possible solution, but I want to have a better understanding of it's use. Any thoughts?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 123

Answers (1)

Andras Vass
Andras Vass

Reputation: 11638

I don't know what you really want to know, but in essence:

  • It makes an (XMLHttp)request.
  • After that, it just creates an <script> node in the document (head, as far as I remember)
  • and sets the text of that script node to the contents of the response that it got from the request.

I struggled with debugging scripts included from the same domain in Firebug. Their source seem to vanish in the pits of jQuery.globalEval(). They work, they are certainly evaluated - it is just that globalEval seems to clear up everything after itself so debugging is near impossible. Also, some people seem to miss the ability to peek at the src attributes.

Upvotes: 2

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