Microsoft has a Content Delivery Network that you can use to pull the Microsoft and jQuery AJAX Scripts for your ASP.NET Webform and ASP.NET MVC Websites. This is a big deal as now the Javascript Files are no longer on your personal web servers eating away at bandwidth and “hurting” the performance of your own websites.
The following types of AJAX Scripts are located on Microsoft's AJAX CDN:
- Microsoft AJAX
- jQuery
- jQuery Validate
- ASP.NET MVC 1.0 AJAX Scripts
Currently I cannot get the ASP.NET MVC 1.0 AJAX Scripts to download from the Microsoft AJAX CDN. Phil Haack posted some links but they are currently not working. Maybe by the time you read this post they will be available.
If you are interested in seeing what Javascript Files are hosted and how to access them, check out the Microsoft Ajax CDN page here. The ASP.NET MVC 1.0 AJAX Scripts were never listed on there, but hopefully they will be added soon.
Scott Guthrie has a nice post mentioning the CDN along with this cool description of what the CDN is-
“Content delivery networks (CDNs) are composed of "edge cache" servers that are strategically placed around the world at key Internet network points. These "edge cache" servers can be used to cache and deliver all types of content – including images, videos, CSS and JavaScript files.“
Cool stuff!
David Hayden
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