You're right. I just added this thread URL to the source. I don't think we can attribute the idea to any one person though. As Matt mentioned, this topic comes up every few months, from various individuals.
Also, what's with the "you have to" attitude. Politeness isn't overrated, ya know... On Jan 17, 11:47 pm, DBJDBJ <dbj...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, In your source You have to mention whose idea was this .... > And where have you found out about it : this forum + this thread ... > > Thanks : DBJ > > On Jan 17, 9:22 pm, James Padolsey <jamespadol...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Yesterday, after seeing this thread, I started work on a "jQuery Lint" > > script. You can see it here:http://github.com/jamespadolsey/jQuery-Lint > > > It does a few basic checks - argument signatures being the main one. > > It also tries to combat lack-of-caching with selections, and it will > > warn you when your selection returns nothing. It'll also suggest that > > you use attr({...})/css({...} instead of css().css().css().css() ... > > > I've added a simple API via which you can add special checks. For > > example: > > > jQuery.LINT.special[1].jQuery = function(selector, context) { > > if (selector === '*') {return "Don't use the universal > > selector!"; } > > // Everything is fine... don't return anything (or return true) > > > }; > > > So, potentially, one of you could create a bunch of these "special > > checks" and release them all as a separate script which can be slotted > > in with Lint. > > > It's been made to work with Firebug, but you can quite easily slot in > > your own console mechanism via jQuery.LINT.console. > > > Like I said, this was started yesterday, so it's still got a few > > kinks... > > > On Jan 15, 7:53 pm, Matt <m...@thekrusefamily.com> wrote: > > > > On Jan 15, 1:11 pm, Scott Sauyet <scott.sau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I like the idea, and I think it would be possible to do this as a > > > > plug-in, which replaces calls to jQuery functions with calls that > > > > check the parameters, store errors, then delegate to the the original > > > > function. But have no time at the moment to help implement it. > > > > Check the archives. This comes up every few months, everyone agrees it > > > would be cool, everyone agrees it could be implemented relatively > > > easily, yet no one wants to spend the time to build, test, and release > > > it. Bummer. > > > > Matt Kruse
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