"Ian" wrote
I wanted to get anybodys thoughts on using the following...
<script src="http://test.com/myscript.js"></script>
for including functions etc in the html page, of course I could embed all
the functions but wondered if anybody thinks that this is a more organised
way or should I stay clear and always insert the function of javascript
directly into the html
Any thoughts?
Should I buy apples or pears? As so often, it depends. Each separate file
takes its size plus a bit (the making of the request) to download, so
keeping the number of files to a minumum is good. But if code is used on
multiple pages, it is better to allow browsers to make use of their caches
(it 's what they 're for), repeatedly downloading the same thing is foolish
of course.
If you can do serverside includes, maintaining code that is included in each
page can be done centrally, otherwise there might be an extra argument for
..js files.
HTH
Ivo