>> In my May 2 2007 11:21 post I mentioned a jQuery port of JSAN making >> it a plugin to jQuery. the code in that post is the entire contents >> of the file jqjsan.js which comes out to 1,116 bytes in an >> uncompressed state. The compressed jsPax is 1,654 bytes. But as you >> pointed out they are really getting at the same end result. > >But you need jQuery loaded before you can use it, correct? That means, you >need a fiew bits more than just 1116 bytes that are initially loaded. JsPax >doesn't need anything to be loaded before.
A lot of people prefer to package up all the plug-ins they use on a site and then pack/minimize it into one file. This method can be really affective for plug-ins that are used as part of the core site theme. For this reason only, I see benefit is just have a very simple basic plug-in registration method for jQuery. One that you can simply check to see if a plug-in has been registered and is available, or throw an error for the developer so they know they have included all the necessary plug-ins. This could be done with just a few bytes of code. -Dan
