Not able to load jQuery in Internet Explorer on localhost (WAMP)

Question

I have a standard piece of HTML but cannot get jQuery to work on IE. I tried IE10 and IE11, as well as IE8 and 9 emulated in IE10.

I even tried using the code from HTML5Boilerplate. I am testing for jquery and is not loaded.

Code works in all other browsers. I am running this on my local, not on a server.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        if (window.jQuery) {
            // jQuery is available.
        } else {
            console.log("-- no jquery --");
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Why can't I get this to work in IE ?

I get -- no jquery -- SCRIPT5007: The value of the property '$' is null or undefined, not a Function object in the console.

Also, if I type jQuery().jquery in the console, I get undefined.

Network tab is not displaying any errors.

Are you sure that "js/jquery-1.11.1.js" exists? And if yes, have you tried on other browsers? — Dim13i
So what happen??? Error in console? Message in console? Could it be cache issue? Network tab? Javascrpit disabled? Etc... You have to debug it on your side — A. Wolff
If you're testing this locally and not on a server, change src="//ajax.googleapis.com to src="http://ajax.googleapis.com — j08691
What @j08691 said. Page needs to be online in order for you to leave off the http: scheme. Pages on your local hard drive will not work without a http: or https: scheme. — Sparky

Sparky Sparky · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-22T22:27:18

Quote OP:

I am running this on my local, not on a server

Then you need to specify a scheme, otherwise the browser may assume that src="//domain.com/script.js" is src="file://domain.com/script.js", which will break since you're not hosting this resource locally.

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Not able to load jQuery in Internet Explorer on localhost (WAMP)

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