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This has actually been problematic for me and I'm sure others. I'm currently working on an app that is Angular based and trying as hard as I can to avoid a jQu

by mbell 13y ago

This has actually been problematic for me and I'm sure others. I'm currently working on an app that is Angular based and trying as hard as I can to avoid a jQuery dependency, mostly because I have no direct use for it and would rather avoid the dependency as it is rather large in file size, actually my largest. I've gone through multiple states of 'this library fits my needs right now and is fast to implement, but I need jQuery' using it, then immediately placing a TODO to get rid of it ASAP when I have time to work something else into being what I want. This comment shouldn't be taken as a rant or complaint, I know why the current state of libraries is what it is, just an observation that jQuery seems to be, at least for me, transitioning from being 'an assumption' into 'the thing I want to get rid of'.

arnarbi 13y ago
If you are using Angular already, you have a lite jQuery lib loaded. Perhaps it covers the cases you want to use jQuery for? http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.element http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.element
- mbell 13y ago
  I've tried this but have found that in almost all cases jqLite doesn't implement something needed for a given lib. Moreover, a single lib not working with jqLite spoils the entire thing.
RaphiePS 13y ago
I could be wrong, but if you use a CDN, won't jQuery be already cached for 99% of users? I can definitely imagine that filesize is an issue with less popular frameworks, but I'd wager that it really doesn't matter with jQuery. If anyone has statistics on this, I'd love to see them!
- shadeless 13y ago
  You're in fact wrong, the chance that users will have exactly the same version of jQuery cached is pretty small. [1] If you want to read more about jQuery on cdns, there is a long discussion on html5boilerplate github page. [2] [1] http://statichtml.com/2011/google-ajax-libraries-caching.html http://statichtml.com/2011/google-ajax-libraries-caching.htm... [2] https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/pull/1327 https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/pull/1327
  - RaphiePS 13y ago
    Well dang, thanks for pointing out my error and providing sources to back it up.
quarterto 13y ago
For Angular there's https://github.com/import-io/angular-toggle-switch https://github.com/import-io/angular-toggle-switch

by mbell 13y ago

arnarbi 13y ago

If you are using Angular already, you have a lite jQuery lib loaded. Perhaps it covers the cases you want to use jQuery for? http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.element http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.element

mbell 13y ago
I've tried this but have found that in almost all cases jqLite doesn't implement something needed for a given lib. Moreover, a single lib not working with jqLite spoils the entire thing.

RaphiePS 13y ago

I could be wrong, but if you use a CDN, won't jQuery be already cached for 99% of users? I can definitely imagine that filesize is an issue with less popular frameworks, but I'd wager that it really doesn't matter with jQuery. If anyone has statistics on this, I'd love to see them!

shadeless 13y ago
You're in fact wrong, the chance that users will have exactly the same version of jQuery cached is pretty small. [1] If you want to read more about jQuery on cdns, there is a long discussion on html5boilerplate github page. [2] [1] http://statichtml.com/2011/google-ajax-libraries-caching.html http://statichtml.com/2011/google-ajax-libraries-caching.htm... [2] https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/pull/1327 https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/pull/1327
- RaphiePS 13y ago
  Well dang, thanks for pointing out my error and providing sources to back it up.

quarterto 13y ago

For Angular there's https://github.com/import-io/angular-toggle-switch https://github.com/import-io/angular-toggle-switch