I've had similar success by appending the site version to the query string. src=... | Hacker News

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

login

Derrek on Sept 2, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: How we hash our Javascript for better caching and ...

I've had similar success by appending the site version to the query string. src="/foo.js?v=2.1" This has worked for me across all major browsers and required extremely little work for setup and maintenance.

onedognight on Sept 3, 2009 [–]

This requires all api changes to touch the version (to be pedantic) which then becomes a major source of version control conflicts (in my experience).

Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact