Tres, personal comments like "If I were a colleague of yours..." are not really called for. (Don't worry, no offense taken.) And no one here is more "important" than anyone else. We are all here to help each other out and learn from each other.
Yes, of course it is important to use good naming conventions - for everything, files, functions, and variables too. I spend a lot of time choosing function and variable names in the hope of making my code easier to read. But I'm pretty sure that Rick wasn't asking "If I write a plugin, does it matter what I name the .js file?" I think his question was, "If I use some plugins on my page, will anything break if I change their filenames or URLs?" (Rick, correct me if I misunderstood you.) I'm sorry I didn't make that distinction clear in my reply. Are we on the same page now? :-) -Mike > From: tres > > @Michael Greary > > In general it is good convention and good practice to follow > a naming convention with your files. That goes for any file > and not just JavaScript. > > -- "Where does it say that" -- > > On http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring it says "Name > your file jquery.[insert name of plugin].js, eg. > jquery.debug.js" under "There are a few very important points > to remember:" > > -- "It's completely wrong" -- > > You sure about that? I'm thinking someone very important in > jQuery wrote just those guidelines. > > -- "The filename means nothing unless the JavaScript code > itself cares about it, and that would be a very rare case. -- > > If I were a colleague of your's, I would definitely care > about the naming conventions that are used. JavaScript may > not, but JavaScript also doesn't care if you compile all of > your JS files into one file for less HTTP requests. > On Jul 27, 3:29 pm, "Michael Geary" <m...@mg.to> wrote: > > Where does it say that? It's completely wrong. The filename means > > nothing unless the JavaScript code itself cares about it, and that > > would be a very rare case. > > > > In fact, it's highly recommended practice to combine all of your > > plugins and other JavaScript code into a single .js file > > for faster download. > > > From: rickoshay > > > > > The documentation says the file name for a plug-in is > > > very important. There are no "files" from the browser's > > > perspective but if we're talking about a URI pattern, why > > > is it "very important"? Having the flexibility to serve up > > > plug-in scripts using any old URI would be preferable. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
