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Steven Ventimiglia
27,412 PointsWhy do I always see CSS being hosted as Ajax libs?
1 Answer
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 PointsIt is not so much ajax as it is just linking to the source of a remote file. This provides performance benefits for remotely hosted files because it allows the web to cache one file location. The bigger plus is that if you visit a website that uses the normalize.css or animate.css, that file will stay in your cache and will not have to be "downloaded" if you visit the site or another site that uses this specific file.
I hope this helps.
Steven Ventimiglia
27,412 PointsSteven Ventimiglia
27,412 PointsThanks for the reply. I've experienced the benefits of using a CDN like Cloudflare over the years, but it strikes me as odd when the .css files should be categorized under "/css/libs/name/version/style.css" or something more general like "/ui/libs/name/version/style.css".
I was wondering why they would be under Ajax, which is server-side and involves the exchange of data (which is almost the opposite definition of a cascading style sheet.)
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 PointsChyno Deluxe
16,936 PointsAhh. yeah. haha doesn't make much sense, does it? I would like to hope there is a reason to their organizational madness. haha but I wouldn't be able to tell you why it is structured the way it is.