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
