Anders Schneiderman schrieb:
> Hi JornjQuer,
>
> As a newbie, my impression is that overall it's a _lot_ simpler and sleeker
> than say prototype. And I love the compactness of the language. However,
> there are a few aspects that will throw off new folks -- particularly graphic
> designers who don't have a programming background -- that they encounter
> right from the beginning. If more advanced features, which few people will
> use until they've been working in jquery for a while, seem a bit arcane,
> that's OK. But to do almost anything, you run into code that looks like this:
>
> 1 $(document).ready(function(){
> 2 $("a#shownote").click(function(){
> 3 $('#note').fadeIn("slow");
> 4 });
>
> The first time I saw line 1, I had no clue what it was doing. If all it's
> doing is running some jquery before the page is loaded, there's _got_ to be a
> more intuitive, succinct way to say it.
>
> Ditto for line 2's click(function(). If I know CSS, I can guess what
> a#shownote does. I can guess what click does. But function() { is just too
> frikin' weird for a newbie designer who's not been a programmer.
>
> Readability for people who are relatively new is particularly poured in for
> the world of JavaScript.
Hi Anders,
although it seems to be a coding style most jQuerians have adopted, no
one hinders you to do the following:
function showNote() {
$('#note').fadeIn("slow");
}
function init() {
$("a#shownote").click(showNote);
}
$(document).ready(init);
Of course you still have know that you have to pass a function reference
of some kind to click() and the like, but if you want to use an API you
should get familiar with it by reading the documentation to a certain
extend, be it a designer or a programmer. Fortunately jQuery has a
pretty good documentation.
-- Klaus
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