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Asked: 2026-05-17T21:56:49+00:00

I have a web page where you can customize your game character. In order

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I have a web page where you can customize your game character. In order to speed up browsing (gems) I load entire gems database (600 entries, 247KB) as a separate .js file, so it can be cached and I don’t need to load it every time.

I don’t notice a delay, is it still a bad idea?
Should I ajax-get necessary records on the fly instead?

FYI: I use ASP.NET MVC 2.0, here is loading the script:

<script type="text/javascript" src='./Data.aspx/Gems'></script>

And here is the action: 

[OutputCache(Duration = 14400, VaryByParam = null)]
public ActionResult Gems() {...}

EDIT: My main concern is not load time, but memory usage. Is it going to have noticeable impact having excra 250KB of javascript loaded/parsed by browser?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I find it a pretty good idea. Plus, if you ever need to “upgrade” the GEMS database you can just load up the scripts with a version tag like

     <script type="text/javascript" src='./Data.aspx/Gems?v=1232'></script>

    Where v=123 will force the user to download the new version if required.

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