Is $.get of jquery asynchronous?
Yes, $.get is asynchronous. From the documentation:
This is a shorthand Ajax function, which is equivalent to:
$.ajax({ url: url, data: data, success: success, dataType: dataType});
...and as that doesn't have the async option, async defaults to true. (Note that async will be going away entirely in a future version of jQuery; it will always be true.)
If
$.getis asynchronous then what's the point of$.ajax?
$.ajax gives you control over lot more options. $.get is just a shortcut.
$.get is simply a shorthand for:
$.ajax({ url: url, data: data, success: success, dataType: dataType});
As stated by the jQuery documentation, $.get is a convenience wrapper for the more low-level $.ajax.