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when to add dependencies (array('')) parameters while using enqueue scripts

unable to understand when to use array dependencies while using enqueue scripts. How to know if one javascript file is dependent

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Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
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This is quite simple. Take jQuery depency for example.

When you are writing a script with jQuery, you need jQuery to load before the script you are writing.

So to make your script work you have to load jQuery before your own script. This means your script is dependent to jQuery.