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Last year, AOL adopted a new content strategy and has positioned itself as a premier destination for original content. Core to this strategy is having reusable, highly efficient and optimized common code and experiences at scale, which is where jQuery comes in. Check in with Dave Artz to see how jQuery has helped his front-end standards team tackle unique challenges like optimizing 3rd party widget performance, overriding global plugin functionality, and managing dependencies and updates across 100+ sites spanning multiple back-end platforms.