3 jQuery Shortcuts to Remember
Even developers familiar with jQuery can get confused with the myriad of shortcuts available. There are many variations of doing the same thing which provides great flexibility for developers but can be confusing. All these variations can end-up throwing you off course, which can end up being frustrating when you’re looking for a simple answer to complete some development tasks.
Anyway, here are 3 shortcuts that I consider “must have” jQuery knowledge, so note them down… I know I have!
First of all remember that the jQuery docs will help you get what you need. Always refer there first.
Not sure you can call this a shortcut but it is important to know, jQuery uses “$” as a shortcut for “jQuery”. Not really a problem unless you are mixing your libraries. See how you can override this.
Probably the most frequent function you use is the document ready function:
$(document).ready(function(){
...
});
$(function(){
...
});
Another confusion I always have had is with the click handler. There are several ways to do this:
$('#selector').bind("click", function(){
...
})
$('#selector').on('click', function(){
...
})
$('#selector').click(function(){
...
})
More details on the click event can be found here. Nothing earth shattering here and it is well documented but it has helped me better understand jQuery especially when I’m reading another person’s code.
Those are my 3 must-have shortcuts, what are yours? Add a comment, let me know what else I’ve missed that you have run into often, I’m sure there are a tonne more.
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