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JavaScript

Posted by mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

How many jQuery plugins are too many?

I've been experimenting with various jQuery plugins recently. I learned that you can add more than one jQuery plugin to a page. So, how many should you add to a page? The ones I use the most are Slicknav, and stellar parallax. Thanks in advance for any help.

2 Answers

Gary Calhoun
Gary Calhoun
10,317 Points

You should only add what you need, any element you add to your server will take up resources/ bandwidth, since plugins can vary in size its hard to say, use your best judgement, and make sure nothing is making your site slow the last thing you want is an end user leaving because of a bad web experience. You can use this site to track how long a website takes to load like http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

mrx3
mrx3
8,742 Points

Thank you Gary.

Gary Calhoun
Gary Calhoun
10,317 Points
Gary Calhoun
Gary Calhoun
10,317 Points

No problem happy to help!