In other words 'new jQuery.fn.init( selector, context )' doesn't
return a new jQuery object but a new 'init' object. But the init
object doesn't have any methods, of course, so the ones of jQuery have
to be copied over. So you couldn't access the methods because 'init'
didn't have them before.
(It
On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Michael Geary wrote:
> jQuery.fn is one of those things that exists mainly for historical
> reasons.
>
> In the very first versions of jQuery, $.fn was *not* the same as
> $.prototype. (There was no jQuery object by that name in those days,
> just a
> $ object.)
jQuery.fn is one of those things that exists mainly for historical reasons.
In the very first versions of jQuery, $.fn was *not* the same as
$.prototype. (There was no jQuery object by that name in those days, just a
$ object.)
$.prototype wasn't used for anything; instead, every time a jQuery o
Just a bump here since I'm curious too! :)
I just kind if take things like jQuery for granted and use and abuse
them without really knowing or caring how it does what it does, so
long as it works :)
(I guess that's a textbook OOP abstraction definition lol)
Anyway, wanna know the answer too if any
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