difference between window.onload and document.ready in javascript

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I'm new to javaScript. Whats the difference between window.onload and document.ready. I have used both and window.onload seems to fire a bit later than document.ready. Whats the reason?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '17 at 18:53

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$(document).ready: executes when HTML-Document is loaded and DOM is ready

$(window).load: executes when complete page is fully loaded, including all frames, objects and images

answered Feb 07 '17 at 18:53

Akash Sinha

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Thanks for the help. Which one should I generally use? – Bicku Bala Feb 07 '17 at 18:54
If your code is affected by external files like scripts and images, then use window.load else document.ready is fine. – Akash Sinha Feb 07 '17 at 18:57

difference between window.onload and document.ready in javascript

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