The built version of jQuery will be put in the `dist/` subdirectory.
The built version of jQuery will be put in the `dist/` subdirectory.
### Modules (new in 1.8)
### Modules
Starting in jQuery 1.8, special builds can now be created that optionally exclude or include any of the following modules:
Special builds can be created that exclude subsets of jQuery functionality.
This allows for smaller custom builds when the builder is certain that those parts of jQuery are not being used.
For example, an app that only used JSONP for `$.ajax()` and did not need to calculate offsets or positions of elements could exclude the offset and ajax/xhr modules. The current modules that can be excluded are:
- ajax
-**ajax**: All AJAX functionality: `$.ajax()`, `$.get()`, `$.post()`, `$.ajaxSetup()`, `.load()`, transports, and ajax event shorthands such as `.ajaxStart()`.
- css
-**ajax/xhr**: The XMLHTTPRequest AJAX transport only.
- dimensions
-**ajax/script**: The `<script>` AJAX transport only; used to retrieve scripts.
- effects
-**ajax/jsonp**: The JSONP AJAX transport only; depends on the ajax/script transport.
- offset
-**css**: The `.css()` method plus non-animated `.show()`, `.hide()` and `.toggle()`.
-**deprecated**: Methods documented as deprecated but not yet removed; currently only `.andSelf()`.
-**dimensions**: The `.width()` and `.height()` methods, including `inner-` and `outer-` variations.
-**effects**: The `.animate()` method and its shorthands such as `.slideUp()` or `.hide("slow")`.
-**event-alias**: All event attaching/triggering shorthands like `.click()` or `.mouseover()`.
-**offset**: The `.offset()`, `.position()`, `.offsetParent()`, `.scrollLeft()`, and `.scrollTop()` methods.
The grunt build process is aware of dependencies across modules. If you explicitly remove a module, its dependent modules will be removed as well. For example, excluding the css module also excludes effects, since the effects module uses `.css()` to animate CSS properties. These dependencies are listed in Gruntfile.js and the build process shows a message for each dependent module it excludes.
Before creating a custom build for use in production, be sure to check out the latest stable version:
To create a custom build of the latest stable version, first check out the version:
For questions or requests regarding custom builds, please start a thread on the [Developing jQuery Core](https://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-core) section of the forum. Due to the combinatorics and custom nature of these builds, they are not regularly tested in jQuery's unit test process.
Note: dependencies will be handled internally, by the build process.
