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Asked: 2026-05-13T17:03:35+00:00

One of my co-workers is thinking that it is simpler to just include the

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One of my co-workers is thinking that it is simpler to just include the document.ready() calls (MULTIPLE) for jquery anywhere in an html document, rather than trying to have them all in the head, foot or in an external js file. Can you give me your thoughts about this?

The document.ready stuff is loaded by modules that are included in a main template. I think this is messy. But I need a good argument point.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a number of problems with your coworker’s approach:

    • It’s not DRY. You must repeat the code each time you want to invoke it.
    • No ability to cache the same Javascript; it must be loaded with each new page.
    • If you decide to do it a different way later, N files are now different instead of one.
    • It will not be immediately obvious to a maintainer that this code is repeated across N different files.
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