title: require.js - including jquery and using require-jquery.js
body: <p>I am having a lot of trouble getting <code>jQuery</code> to load properly with <code>require.js</code>, despite seeing hundreds of examples and samples. You can actually read more about my frustrations in a completely different question, seen here ...</p>
  
  <h1><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25126564/requirejs-only-seems-to-work-half-the-time">25126564</a></h1>
  
  <p>My question here is a bit related, but on the <code>require.js</code> website, there is a comment at the bottom of this page: <a href="http://requirejs.org/docs/jquery.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Using requirejs with jQuery</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Previously, we've been pointing to an example using a special
    require-jquery file, which consisted of require.js and jQuery
    concatenated. This is no longer the recommended way to use jQuery with
    require.js, but if you're looking for the (no longer maintained)
    example, you can find require-jquery here.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My major question is <strong>why is this not recommended anymore</strong>? I tried it out on my own and this has been the only way I have been able to reproduce consistent results of loading <code>jquery</code> alongside <code>requirejs</code>. Why was this method dropped? What is the 'correct' way of doing it? As you can see in my other question, I've got working code, but it only works <strong>literally</strong> half the time.</p>