JavaScript FAQ - Revision history

Skodak at 16:29, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T16:29:10Z

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	; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.		; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.

	; YUI 3 does not implement all YUI2 features : You can use all YUI 2 modules in Moodle 2.0, simply include it as one of the dependencies in module description or manually via Y.use('yui2-tree', function(Y) { .... });, the prefix ''yui2-'' is used to differentiate from newer modules.		; YUI 3 does not implement all YUI2 features : You can use all YUI 2 modules in Moodle 2.0, simply include it as one of the dependencies in module description or manually via Y.use('yui2-tree', function(Y) { .... });, the prefix ''yui2-'' is used to differentiate these from newer modules.

	'''See also'''		'''See also'''
	* [[JavaScript usage guide]]		* [[JavaScript usage guide]]

Skodak at 16:26, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T16:26:54Z

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	; Why the strange namespace organisation in M? : It is easy to tell the namespace from plugin name and vice versa. This allowed us to implement some simple JS module autoloading.		; Why the strange namespace organisation in M? : It is easy to tell the namespace from plugin name and vice versa. This allowed us to implement some simple JS module autoloading.

	; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.		; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.

	; YUI 3 does not implement all YUI2 features : You can use all YUI 2 modules in Moodle 2.0, simply include it as one of the dependencies in module description or manually via Y.use('yui2-tree', function(Y) { .... });, the prefix ''yui2-'' is used to differentiate from newer modules.		; YUI 3 does not implement all YUI2 features : You can use all YUI 2 modules in Moodle 2.0, simply include it as one of the dependencies in module description or manually via Y.use('yui2-tree', function(Y) { .... });, the prefix ''yui2-'' is used to differentiate from newer modules.

Skodak at 16:26, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T16:26:35Z

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	; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.		; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.

	See also		; YUI 3 does not implement all YUI2 features : You can use all YUI 2 modules in Moodle 2.0, simply include it as one of the dependencies in module description or manually via Y.use('yui2-tree', function(Y) { .... });, the prefix ''yui2-'' is used to differentiate from newer modules.

			'''See also'''
	* [[JavaScript usage guide]]		* [[JavaScript usage guide]]

Skodak at 16:23, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T16:23:23Z

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	; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.		; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.

			See also
			* [[JavaScript usage guide]]

Skodak at 16:21, 27 January 2010

2010-01-27T16:21:57Z

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	; Why the global M? : It is problematic to set up global variables from code loaded through the YUI loader. There were also some function scoping problems.		; Why the global M? : It is problematic to set up global variables from code loaded through the YUI loader. There were also some function scoping problems.

	: Why the strange namespace organisation in M? : It is easy to tell the namespace from plugin name and vice versa. This allowed us to implement some simple JS module autoloading.		; Why the strange namespace organisation in M? : It is easy to tell the namespace from plugin name and vice versa. This allowed us to implement some simple JS module autoloading.

	: Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.		; Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.

Skodak: New page: {{Moodle 2.0}} ; Why YUI? : The decision to use ''Yahoo! User Interface Library'' was done after a developer poll in 2006. Many core developers and contributors already learned how to use ...

2010-01-27T16:21:37Z

New page: {{Moodle 2.0}} ; Why YUI? : The decision to use ''Yahoo! User Interface Library'' was done after a developer poll in 2006. Many core developers and contributors already learned how to use ...

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{{Moodle 2.0}}
; Why YUI? : The decision to use ''Yahoo! User Interface Library'' was done after a developer poll in 2006. Many core developers and contributors already learned how to use it and it can not be replaced by something else easily. YUI 3 is significantly improved and should help us catch up with other more used frameworks such has JQuery.

; Can I use JQuery in my plugin? : In theory yes, but you need to integrate it manually with Moodle which may create some unexpected problems.

; Why the global M? : It is problematic to set up global variables from code loaded through the YUI loader. There were also some function scoping problems.

: Why the strange namespace organisation in M? : It is easy to tell the namespace from plugin name and vice versa. This allowed us to implement some simple JS module autoloading.

: Why the static ''init_'' methods in JS module ? : It is easy to guess how to use JS code from PHP. This should significantly improve readability of docs generated from the JS code.