On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Not a huge fan either, though there are some interesting things prototype does not have, like the "live" observers. > > 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. When you say bundled, you mean its script tag in the rendered pages ? Or just present in the resources/ folder on the FS ? I would say, script tag included, otherwise it does not solve much. Jerome > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/**mailman/listinfo/devs<http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs> > -- Jérôme Velociter Winesquare http://www.winesquare.net/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
