I find having the doSomething part as separate plugins works very
nicely and allows me to be flexible with different sites and not load
a bunch of stuff I'm not actually using. I then just create an ant
task to put all the files into one and compress.
--
Brandon Aaron
On 2/13/07, Matt Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thank you to everyone for all your responses. I have indeed decided to go
> with jQuery as a base for future work, so I also plan to contribute to the
> project with my own plugins, etc.
>
> I like the summary of jQuery that has been expressed like this:
> $('selectSomething').doSomething()
>
> It seems that the library has heavy emphasis on the selectSomething in its
> core, and depends a lot on plugins for the doSomething part. I can forsee
> writing my own "jQuery++" or whatever that adds a lot more functionality
> that I consider to be "core" rather than depending on multiple plugins.
>
> Is there a better official form plugin? The one listed is weak for basic
> form functions, so I plan to adapt my own form functions into jQuery style
> and make it a plugin. I can't live without isChanged() on form fields!
>
> I really don't like the idea of forking jQuery, but I'd much rather have
> less selectSomething logic and more doSomething logic, so maybe at some
> point I'll prepare a version of about the same size (or bigger) with
> emphasis on the opposite end. Or maybe not. jQuery does things about 80% the
> way I would do it myself, so I guess I have to sacrifice the 20% and do
> things the jQuery way. I need to write a blog entry titled "How I Learned To
> Stop Worrying And Love The jQuery"!
>
> I also plan to adapt my table sort/filter/autofiler/page/stripe/etc
> functions into a plugin. The existing table sorter seems to do the job, but
> I like to have all my table functionality in one place, and I think I handle
> it a little faster and more robustly in my code, so look for that at some
> point if you're interested.
>
> I've found a version of a "Cheat Sheet" but it's not nearly as cool as the
> latest Prototype cheat sheet. I was hoping to find a cool color printable
> sheet to hang on my wall as a reference. The API is great, but a bit too
> long-winded to hang on a wall ;)
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Matt
>
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