When linking to JQuery script is it OK to use the one on the JQuery website?

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Hey there I've just been looking at using JQuery on my website I am developing.. A quick question; Am I able to just link to their script file? e.g.:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>

or do I need to upload my own copy to a server?

Thanks in advance.

That's the Google CDN (google it) and yes, you can use it. – Ben Sep 19 '11 at 04:06 — Ben, Sep 19 '11 at 04:06
yeah.. sure.. it's fine. – natedavisolds Sep 19 '11 at 04:06 — natedavisolds, Sep 19 '11 at 04:06

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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It is considered good practice to use jQuery hosted on Google's CDN.

It is most likely already cached, it allows an additional parallel download (if the user agent is limited to only a few requests per domain) and it is probably served faster.

You can also provide a fallback.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Sep 19 '11 at 04:07

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