Marc R. HoffmannFeb 9, 2023

Service Toot: Remember to always fingerprint your CSS and JS web resources to avoid annoying cache issues.

So instead of

<script src="app/important.js">

add a fingerprint (calculated from the content) to the filename

<script src="app/important.6685a43200b50...379676a3c5ebb6ee54a5a2.js">

Bonus: Adding an integrity attribute will allow the browser to also verify the content.

Static site renderers like Hugo (https://gohugo.io/) support "fingerprinting" out of the box for you.

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Show threadTom Schindl
@marcandsweep well you‘d better then also use the correct cache-control for those hashed scripts it should be immutable and the index.html with no-cache
Feb 9, 2023 at 11:47pmMastodon for iOS