How to know if JQuery has finished loading [duplicate]

Answer 1

Kudos for jfriend's answer. Callbacks are sexy.

Second crack at it.

function loadJQ(callback) {
  if(!window.jQuery) {
    // Create jQuery script element.
    var script = document.createElement('script');
    script.type = 'text/javascript';
    script.src = 'path/to/jquery.js';
    document.body.appendChild(script);

    script.onload = function(){ callback(jQuery); };
    // IE 6 & 7 ala jfriend00
    script.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (this.readyState == 'complete') callback(jQuery);
    }
  } else {
    callback(jQuery);
  }
}

Invocation

loadJQ(function($){
  alert($ === jQuery); // true. jquery is loaded.
});