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at June 5, 2009 00:11 by jdbartlett
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/**
 * Google Ajax Libraries API handler for CakePHP
 *
 * Neat trick to load local versions of JavaScript libraries while
 * debugging, but Google-hosted versions for production.
 * Automatically detects whether debugging is turned on, and
 * defaults to jQuery, the best JavaScript library.
 *
 * Just shove it in your <head> and forget about it :)
 * I usually store it somewhere like: /elements/google-jsapi.ctp
 */

if (!isset($library)) $library = 'jquery';
if (!isset($useLocal)) $useLocal = (Configure::read('debug') != 0);

if (!$useLocal) e($javascript->link('http://www.google.com/jsapi'));
else $library .= '-local';

switch ($library) {

	case 'jquery':
		e($javascript->link('google-jsapi-jquery'));
		break;
	case 'jquery-local':
		e($javascript->link('jquery'));
		e($javascript->link('jquery-ui'));
		break;

	case 'prototype':
		e($javascript->link('google-jsapi-prototype'));
		break;
	case 'prototype-local':
		e($javascript->link('prototype'));
		e($javascript->link('scriptaculous'));
		break;
	
}
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[Google's "AJAX Libraries API"](http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/) is great and all, but can slow things down if you're doing a lot of refreshing/cache clearing while debugging. Here's a neat trick: stuff something like this in the `<head>` of your CakePHP Layout to use local versions of these libraries while you're debugging:









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