loading javascript file after jquery.ready

Question

I want to load a javascript file at the end of jquery.ready so that the code in my ready handler doesn't have to wait to execute until this large javascript file is loaded.

My jquery.ready code doesn't rely on this javascript file at all.

Would this be a good way to do that?

$(function(){
    ...
    ...      
    $('head').append('<script type="text/javascript" src="/largejs.js"></script>');
});

Answer 1

Use .getScript: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getScript/

$(document).ready(function(){
    ...
    ...
    $.getScript("largejs.js");
});