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Setting up jQuery with salesforce.com

February 3rd, 2010 33 comments

My posts have been lacking lately but in the next few weeks I plan on creating some super slick demos that mix jQuery and Force.com into a delicious concoction of wonderfulness. Before I do this I’d like to go over the basics of setting up jQuery to play nice with Force.com (or salesforce.com, all the same).

If all we need is jQuery, the first thing we need to do is download it here here: http://jquery.com/.

There will be two versions, one is considered production and the other development. These actually contain the same code but the production file removes all unnecessary spaces.

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This smaller version allows the script to be downloaded quicker by users viewing the page and will provide a better user experience to those with less bandwidth.
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