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JavaScript Gulp Basics Gulp your JavaScript Workflow Using Third Party Gulp Libraries

Posted by Venkataraman Ganesan
Venkataraman Ganesan
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How to concat js files linked through CDN or npm install jquery?

In the example, concat is used on local jquery file, how would you concat files used through cdn or package is installed through npm or bower?

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

For files from a CDN: You don't. The whole purpose of a CDN is to rely on a fast service to deliver the files for you and to use locally cached copies of standard libraries/modules/etc. like jquery so they don't need to be transferred if they're already loaded. Trying to concat it with other files on your server to deliver yourself defeats the purpose of using a CDN.