[jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (WICKET-4236) Use JQuery as a backing library for Wicket's JavaScript code

["Peter Ertl (Issue Comment Edited) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Peter Ertl edited comment on WICKET-4236 at 11/17/11 11:45 AM:
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Ok, I asked Martin a few questions and would to share his answers here:

Q: what the heck does

(function(undefined) { ... }()

do?

A: it's a neat trick to get a reference to 'undefined' which for sure _is_ undefined

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Q: what does the string literal

   'use strict'; 

in the first line of a function do?

A: it disables a few quirks in javascript and forces you to be a better programmer. see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1335851/what-does-use-strict-do-in-javascript-and-what-is-the-reasoning-behind-it

                
      was (Author: pete):
    Ok, I asked Martin a few question and would to share his answers here:

Q: what the heck does

(function(undefined) { ... }()

do?

A: it's a neat trick to get a reference to 'undefined' which for sure _is_ undefined

---

Q: what does the string literal

   'use strict'; 

in the first line of a function do?

A: it disables a few quirks in javascript and forces you to be a better programmer. see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1335851/what-does-use-strict-do-in-javascript-and-what-is-the-reasoning-behind-it

                  
> Use JQuery as a backing library for Wicket's JavaScript code
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: WICKET-4236
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-4236
>             Project: Wicket
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: wicket, wicket-extensions
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
>            Reporter: Martin Grigorov
>            Assignee: Martin Grigorov
>             Fix For: 1.6.0
>
>
> wicket-ajax.js has accumulated a lot of custom written code to be able to serve the needs of Wicket Ajax behaviors and components.
> This custom javascript code can be greatly simplified by using any bigger JavaScript library that is specialized in handling browser differences. 

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