get vs getJSON vs ajax (v3)

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Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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get
// Returns a string, which is then converted to JSON
$.get("https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/brackets/contributors", function(contributorsInfo) {})
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getJSON
// Returns JSON
$.getJSON("https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/brackets/contributors", function(contributorsInfo) {})
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getJSON callback=?
// Inserts a script element on the page, with data wrapped, by the server, in a function
$.getJSON("https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/brackets/contributors?callback=?", function(contributorsInfo) {})
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ajax JSON
// For comparison, returns JSON
$.ajax({
  url: "https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/brackets/contributors",
  dataType: "json"
}).done(function(contributorsInfo) {})
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ajax JSONP
// For comparison (same as getJSON callback=?, inserts a script element)
$.ajax({
  url: "https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/brackets/contributors",
  dataType: "jsonp"
}).done(function(contributorsInfo) {})
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