I don't think it's too hyped. Having calls to javascript in your elements defeats the purpose of unobtrusively maintaining and using libraries like jQuery. How can you stay that Rob??
On Oct 12, 9:39 pm, RobG <robg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 13, 10:49 am, CoffeeAddict <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am I wrong to say you should never use onclick in an element as this would > > be > > contrary to the purpose of using jQuery > > I think you have your design priorites backward. Firstly determine the > functionality required, then how to best implement it. If that means > using a library, then use it. If the library driving your design > decisions, you might need to rethink using the library. > > > which means onclick would totally > > bind mark-up to javascript? > > In a way that using a CSS selector to attach handlers doesn't? > > > So it would not be unobtrusive in that case. > > The concept of "unobtrusive" javascript (i.e. attaching listeners at > the client, rather than the server) is an implementation methodology > that has been much hyped but probaby creates as many issues as it > solves. > > -- > Rob
