My Problem
in summary: My browser cache is not getting completely cleaned out in FF or Chrome, even when pressing Ctrl + F5.
A look at the Network Panel, and sometimes old files hang around, while most times JavaScript code just does not take any changes.
My Hypothesis
Modernizr is the culprit. Perhaps the way in which Modernizr and YepNope are conditionally/dynamically loading some javascript files?
Today’s date is Friday June 29th, Approx. 7pm - 8pm, CST, Huntsville, Alabama.
Firefox 13.0.1
- Reading through HTML5 Games: Creating Fun with HTML5, CSS3, and WebGL by Jacob Seidelin.
- I begin reading at the end of Chapter 8, and the start of Chapter 9.
- I upload Chapter 8 to the server. (via the FTP client WinSCP V. 4.3.8)
- Open Firefox 13.0.1
- Load html5.jonathandevelop.com
- Press Ctrl + F5 to clear cache.
- Press F12 to open Firebug > Net Panel.
- All files have HTTP requests Status 200 OK
- Edit local file display.canvas.js
- Upload via FTP; Timestamp indicates current time, upload was successful.
- Firebug > Net Panel response:[INDENT]200 OK
[/INDENT]
[INDENT]Last-Modified: Mon, 18 June 2012 19:46:04 GMT
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1[/INDENT]
9. Look at Javascript source code for changes. Changes are not there.
- Repeat Steps 1 – 3.[INDENT]File: display.canvas.js[/INDENT]
Last-Modified: Mon, 18 June 2012 19:46:04 GMT
Still no changes in javascript source code.
Keep in mind, I am pressing Ctrl + F5 to refresh the browser window.
Google Chrome 20.0.1132.47 m
- Follow exact same steps as above with Google Chrome.
- Open html5.jonathandevelop.com
- Press F12 to open debug panel > Network Tab
- Press Ctrl + F5 to clear cache and refresh page.
According to the Size (Content) Column of the Chrome Debug Panel, some resources are being loaded (from Cache) while others, which indicate the file’s size (985KB, 1.08KB, etc.), are new.
Any ideas?
Thanks