Jquery or similar

[MaxD]

I was trying out the Jquery 'library' the other day, as someone had an online demo/tutorial on what it could do. I think some have mentioned this before, but it got me thinking. Would it be possible to add to Webuilder an add Jquery function? For example, I create a html page, click insert Jquery function and from a menu tick the kind of function I'd like from the options available. As the script would be saved to a folder, I could reuse the script, inserting similar or different functions to other pages too. Webuilder already has this function for CSS etc, its just matter of pointing to the JS src and describing the function required. Thought it would be a useful timesaver.

[syrupcore]

what sort of jquery functions are you hoping to see from the menu?

The main problem I can see with including it with the software is that a new version of jQuery could come out.

[MaxD]

Re functions, it might be useful to experiment, so particular function in mind.

Re jquery becoming out of date, that isn't a problem at all. Invite the user to download the latest version, check for latest version, download from the Blumenthal site......webuilder gets updated frequently, so include it with the latest version etc

[syrupcore]

I'd say including jquery.js would be troublesome because of jQuery's semi-frequent updating. It would be cool to see it's built in functions available for code hinting or as a snippet collection though. That said, the most current version is always available at http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jq ... ery.min.js and developers are welcome to link to it on their production sites so it's possible WeBuilder could just insert a link to that. Pretty easily handled by a snippet on the user end though.

If you use a local web sever for development you can also just always have a /js/ folder in the webroot and link to that during development on whichever site you're working on.

As far as syntax highlighting or snippet library... the jQuery team has made it really easy for developers to include the api in their online or offline apps. Here's a link to the XML source. http://jquery-api-browser.googlecode.co ... i-docs.xml just incase the blumentals team wants to include it. ;) here's a little more info about using it http://remysharp.com/2008/07/04/jquery- ... -anywhere/ and here's a visualization of it online http://api.jquery.com/

long live jquery!

Will

[snake*sl]

if you implement jquery, what would be with prototype and all the other js-frameworks? it would blow up the application ...