Latest jQuery version on Google s CDN

Question

I read in the official doc of the Google CDN that this is the src to jQuery:

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

However, it is annoying to have to change my jQuery src reference at each version update.

I've found that if I set the version to 1 then Google returns the latest version of jQuery.

http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
/*! jQuery v1.8.2 jquery.com | jquery.org/license */

Is this the right thing to do? Is there any official URL to reference the latest version of jQuery hosted on the Google CDN?

Answer 1

Google provides CDN support for jQuery via the googleapis.com domain. The latest version of Google CDN provides four different types of jQuery versions- normal (uncompressed), minified, slim, and slim & minified. Google CDN provides the jQuery via ajax.googleapis.com domain

Stable release	3.6.0 / (March 2, 2021)
Repository	github.com/jquery/jquery
Written in	JavaScript
Platform	See § Browser support