16 Jun
2012
16 Jun
'12
8:29 p.m.
On 06/15/2012 08:28 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote:
Hi devs,
Now that all the scripts on the Internets are implemented as jQuery
plugins, should we bite the bullet and make it easier for extensions
developers to integrate such scripts ?
Note it would not necessarily mean we use it ourselves in web/XE.
If we don't do something about it, there is the risk that many extensions
bring their own jQuery to the party, which will translate in slower page
loads and more importantly a less enjoyable extension developer experience.
An alternative idea would be an "official" jQuery extension (with a JSX)
that other extensions can depend upon, should they need jQuery.
What do you think ?
Jerome
Using jQuery in XWiki is not a very easy task, so indeed it's a good
idea to provide our own integration known to work.
Personally I'm not a fan of jQuery, but I agree that it's the most
popular JS framework, and most JS widgets/libraries are built on top of
it, so you have my +1.
Packaging, I think that it should be placed on the filesystem in
resources/js/jquery/, it shouldn't be used by default, and we try to
bundle the most recent version available at the time of the release. If
someone needs a more recent version, they should update XWiki as well.
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Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/