Ah! makes sense. Because a lot of times I can't distinguish between
something in plain JavaScript and something that is a jQuery object.
Good to know. I'll make sure I do the same once I start really
getting on board with the jQuery syntax. It's a VERY good practice on
variables and so I wonder is there a "Best Practices For jQuery" on
the jquery site that I'm missing? that would be awesome if there
was. If not, how about someone start one and have it be either
moderated or have the best practices come straight from the jQuery
team. Accept request to put in a new standard and have the team
approve/disapprove.
this kind of stuff would help people like me tremendously to help me
ramp up quicker for newbies like me who wonder wtf is going on when
things like this are in place such as the example question I just
proposed.
On Jul 2, 1:57 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yep, as MorningZ said, it's a good practice to use it to differentiate
> those that are storing a jQuery object.
>
> $myDiv = $("#div_1");
> $myDiv.hide();
>
> It's easier to tell that you're working with a jQuery object.
> Otherwise, it's just a regular variable.
>
> On Jul 2, 8:51 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "obviously I think 2nd is a jQuery variable? If that's the case why
> > should I care and where is the docs on that? "
>
> > It just seems to be common practice by a lot of jQuery people smarter
> > than us to signify it's a jQuery object stored in that variable, it
> > has zero to do with jQuery itself per se
>
> > On Jul 2, 2:29 pm, Michael Lawson <mjlaw...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just to addon to what Waseem here has said:
>
> > > When you are using the default jQuery library, the variable $ is set to
> > > the
> > > value of jQuery, which creates a shortcut for you so that you don't have
> > > to
> > > keep typing jQuery everytime you want to access it, you can just type $.
>
> > > cheers
>
> > > Michael Lawson
> > > Development Lead, Global Solutions, ibm.com
> > > Phone: 1-276-206-8393
> > > E-mail: mjlaw...@us.ibm.com
>
> > > 'Examine my teachings critically, as a gold assayer would test gold. If
> > > you
> > > find they make sense, conform to your experience, and don't harm yourself
> > > or others, only then should you accept them.'
>
> > > From: waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com>
> > >
>
> > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> > >
>
> > > Date: 07/02/2009 02:26 PM
> > >
>
> > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: var $varname
> > >
>
> > > its not really a jquery variable
>
> > > in standard js you can say
> > > var $myvar = "hello";
> > > and
> > > var myvar = "hello";
>
> > > both will work the same
>
> > > you can access jquery using either the $ or JQuery
> > > like
>
> > > $("#myid").hide();
> > > JQuery("#myid").hide();
>
> > > in a line of the JQuery library code you would see something like
>
> > > JQuery = window.JQuery = window.$ ...
>
> > > your could say its like short hand code
>
> > > instead of saying JQuery("") al the time you can just say $("")
>
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > what's the difference between:
>
> > > var varname
>
> > > var $varname
>
> > > obviously I think 2nd is a jQuery variable? If that's the case why
> > > should I care and where is the docs on that?
>
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