Why jQuery does not work on my home (local) machine?

Question

My question isn\'t so much about why a specific bit of jQuery I\'ve written isn\'t working as it is about no jQuery at all is working; not even working examples I\'ve copied

Answer 1

The code is ok.

The script is not downloading because, as you probably are not deploying the code, the browser will default to the file:// protocol.

To solve it, add the http: at the script tag:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js">
                                                                           </script>

Answer 2

Use http:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

Answer 3

You forgot to place the

$('p').text('New Stuff');

inside document ready for that you can do like this:

$(function(){
   $('p').text('New Stuff');
});

Answer 4

The way you load jQuery might be a problem. When you start your URL with // it is supposed to work when page is being browsed via HTTP or HTTPS protocols. However, if you will open it as a local file it won't work.

Given that your example works over HTTP I suggest you try to include jQuery as following:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js">
</script>

Answer 5

change this

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

to this

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

Answer 6

Check if you have the proper permission to the script by invoking the script location in the browser url. So, if you have just put the "http://someloaction/js/jquery.min.js" in the browser url. If you can see "forbidden", permissions are ok.