On: CDNJS: The Fastest Javascript Repo on the Web

[IanDrake]

Quick question... I thought the best part of CDN hosted js files was that they were more likely already cached on the client, not so much for the speed of delivery.

So, wouldn't it be better to go with the most popular and not the fastest?

[graue → IanDrake]

For jQuery, maybe. But if you're using, say, Backbone, that point is moot because only CDNJS has it. The Google CDN[1] only hosts 11 libraries, CDNJS hosts over 200.

1. https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide