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JavaScript Using jQuery Plugins Using a jQuery Carousel Add a Carousel to a Page

Alex G.
Alex G.
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Posted by Alex G.
Alex G.
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Why not "call" the slick method in main.js?

I'm not really seeing the advantage of calling it in the HTML page... is this to prevent the other pages from slowing down? He didn't do that in the other videos.

2 Answers

Harley Urquhart
Harley Urquhart
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Harley Urquhart
Harley Urquhart
26,203 Points

there is no benefit to calling it in the HTML you can call it in main.js if you wish, Slick is a very forgiving carousel and can also be used via CDN. make sure to have it included after jquery though.

Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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As the teacher says (around the 3:20 mark somewhere "ish"), he is only putting it on the one page, so he just went along with adding it directly to the HTML of the page. He is probably also showing you how to apply the jQuery and JS directly.