Linking to latest version of jQuery

Question

I expect these two links to point to the latest version of jQuery, version 1.11.0.

• http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js
• http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js

The code.jquery.com link points to 1.10.2 and the Google one points to 1.9.1.

Can anyone explain why, or indicate something which I might be doing wrong? I have tried clearing my browser cache and even tried the links on other machines.

Answer 1

Use this for latest version from google (although I personally don't recommend you to use latest version):

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

Why does it point to 1.9.1?

The latest version of jQuery may not be compatible with the existing plugins/code on the site. Version updating should be an intentional decision. The latest version has a very short max-age=3600 compares to the specific version of max-age=31536000, which means you won't get the benefits of long-term caching.

Source

So, Google doesn't waste its resources unnecessarily. You'll need to manually upgrade the URL to the latest.

Answer 2

Not a good idea to use latest version of jQuery.

But if you really want that specific version, it's at:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>