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Re: URI path starting with "//"

Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net> Mon, 04 February 2013 21:49 UTC

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From: Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:47:57 -0500
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Another benefit in Web projects specifically between testing environment and production to be able to not have to take care of http or https

https://example.org/
http://example.org/

Instead you would just write 

//example.org

See for example http://paulirish.com/2010/the-protocol-relative-url/

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Karl Dubost, a Web opener to hire
http://www.la-grange.net/karl/

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