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Google has just released the AJAX Libraries API. Google has created an API that allows developers to access a number of popular javascript API from the Google Cloud.

You can use the Google AJAX Libraries API to reference:

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• Prototype
• JQuery
• MooTools
• Scriptalous
• Dojo

Why is this good idea ?

1. Its Fast – its hosted on the Google CDN.
2. The libraries have already been optomised ie. minified, delivered via compression
3. It enables better caching of key libraries from one site to another. ie. Visit site A that uses mootools it downloads the javascript. Visit site b that uses mootools and it fetches it from the cache.

How do I use it ?

Its really easy to use. Either call the scripts directly eg.

<script src=“http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.0.2/prototype.js”></script>

or use the Google API to load them scripts.

<script src=“http://www.google.com/jsapi”></script>

<script>

// Load jQuery

google.load(“jquery”, “1”);

A couple of requests to Google

The AJAX Library API is a fantastic idea, but it could be better. We have a couple of requests 🙂 .

1. can you host more of the legacy versions of the libraries. (We use an old version of prototype. The recent versions are a little bloat for what we need).
2. It would great if you could provide stats on how many sites in a particular country are using the libraries. Then we can see if there are other sites in that are using the same libraries and then we get the benefit of caching 🙂
3. Properly minify the scripts! Thanks for to Eric for pointing it out.
4. Fix the Website. The FAQ and Groups links are going to the wrong place !

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