Connecting our JavaScript files

Roots manages JavaScript links in the same file as the stylesheet link.

So, with scripts.php open in your editor, first, we'll check to make sure that our jQuery local fallback is connecting as it should be:

1. Look for the following lines, which are midway down the scripts.php file in the lib folder:

   if ($add_jquery_fallback) {
     echo '<script>window.jQuery || document.write(\'<script 
       src="' . get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"><\/script>\')</script>' . "\n";
     $add_jquery_fallback = false;
   }

2. We need to check and make sure that this path and filename matches our path and filename:

   /assets/js/vendor/jquery-1.10.2.min.js

   As of this writing, and in the exercise files folder 03_Code_BEGIN, the version of the HTML5 Boilerplate used in Chapter 2, Bootstrappin' Your Portfolio, is in sync with the Roots theme, so the files match.

   If you need to reconcile different versions of jQuery, you'll want to update the...