Is there a link to the "latest" jquery library on Google APIs?

Question

I use the following for a jquery link in my <script> tags:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.js

Just wondered if anyone had discovered whether there's a link to the "latest" version:

Something like the following (which doesn't work):

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/latest/jquery.js

(Obviously not necessarily a great plan to link your code to potentially changing libraries but useful in development)

Answer 1

You can use:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js

To get the most recent version in the 1.x.x family or you could use:

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2/jquery.min.js

To get the most recent version in the 1.2.x family.

EDIT:

In case anyone is interested Microsoft is also hosting jquery:

http://ajax.Microsoft.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.3.2.js

EDIT 2:

jQuery is now hosting a version on their CDN:

http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.4.2.min.js

Answer 2

No. There isn't..

But, for development there is such a link on the jQuery code site.

Answer 3

Be aware that caching headers are different when you use "direct" vs. "latest" link from google.

When using http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/jquery.min.js

Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000

When using http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js

Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate

Answer 4

http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js

this is the minified version, always up-to-date

Answer 5

Not for nothing, but you shouldn't just automatically use the latest library. If they release the newest library tomorrow and it breaks some of your scripts, you are SOL but if you use the library you used to develop the scripts, you will ensure they will work.