The thing with the other libraries is that jQuery mainly promotes writing a simple functional plugin, beacause in many cases object- oriented code is really not necessary. Of course in other cases it is, like when building a widget: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Developer_Guide
So I think if you want to write your application that doesn't need to be a jquery plugin, just use a general design pattern if that's more suitable. And most likely it will be convenient to write some custom jQuery plugins too, but that is really simple: http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring Using jQuery should be very easy, and you don't have to understand it in depth first, just play with the examples and see what happens. Understanding how to construct a javascript application is quite a different thing. Of course they meet some time in the future, e.g. if you're building a complex jQuery plugin, but this shouldn't be the point to start I think, just start learning these separately! Cheers, Balazs On Nov 10, 7:24 pm, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see your point... > I had discovered recently the lack of JavaScript knowledge. And since > I mostly doing web development I realized that I am missing out a lot. > > Unfortunately the object oriented approach JavaScript using is > different from other object oriented languages I know (C++, C#, Java) > So I am trying to get up to speed with JavaScript and making up my own > problems/tasks. Like I am learning how 'this' works with JavaScript... > > So the code I wrote is not promoted by another library :) It's > promoted by my background in C++ and C# mostly :) > So I chose JQuery as a library to use but before I can freely start > using it I want to understand how things work. > Cause as of right now if you tell me to write JQuery from scratch I > will not be ably even to start :) > And even having full source available does not help much since I often > do not understand what is going on > > Thanks > George. > > On Nov 10, 12:50 pm, "Olivier Percebois-Garve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Well, using the pattern for plugin creation will make your life easier, and > > "this" will make more sense. > > Reading your code, it feels like you are using the structuration promoted by > > another library > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:29 PM, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I had looked there probably 10 times :) > > > Are you implying that I need to convert my code to being Plug-In? > > > Other than that I do not see how this page > > >http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring > > > answers my question... > > > Sorry, but please spell it out for me. > > > > The Plug-In would be the next step for me.. But as of now I am trying > > > to nail down the use of 'this' in JavaScript as it's a bit different > > > from what I am used to. > > > > George. > > > > On Nov 10, 11:43 am, "Olivier Percebois-Garve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > you may want to have a look herehttp://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring > > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:20 PM, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Being newbie in JavaScript I am trying to code my own helper object > > > > > that does pagination. > > > > > So here is a snippet of my code. > > > > > > MyData.prototype = { > > > > > ....blablabla... > > > > > PageUp: function() { > > > > > this.iFrom += this.pageSize; > > > > > this.CheckPageIndex(); > > > > > }, > > > > > > CheckPageIndex: function() { > > > > > if( this.iFrom >= this.data.length ) > > > > > this.iFrom = Math.floor((this.data.length - 1)/ > > > > > this.pageSize) * this.pageSize; > > > > > > if( this.iFrom < 0 ) > > > > > this.iFrom = 0; > > > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > Why do I need to call CheckPageIndex using this.CheckPageIndex when > > > > > called from PageUp? It's in the same object... > > > > > > Without 'this' I get an error 'CheckPageIndex is undefined'. Coming > > > > > from object oriented languages like C++ I have a trouble > > > > > understanding > > > > > it. > > > > > Or am I doing it wrong and there is a way not to specify 'this' to > > > > > many times? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > George- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
