Comments on: Power User Toolbox: JavaScript for SharePoint – Pt2

By: Michael Greth MVP SharePoint Blog

Michael Greth MVP SharePoint Blog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:05:16 +0000

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By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:25:18 +0000

Rich, besides the standard library, are there any other jquery libraries or plugins that you would recommend as a good fit for SharePoint?

Christophe

By: Rich Finn

Rich Finn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:06:54 +0000

Christophe,

Very true, but sometimes when wanting to do something on the client-side, a library such as jquery, which isn’t THAT big, is a nice option to have.

From another angle, when building public-facing Internet WCM applications in SharePoint, you can block the SP JS references from loading for anonymous users, therefore decreasing the load times for the general public and allowing JS libraries to be leveraged without any impact on the site’s performance.

-Rich Finn

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:13 +0000

It would be interesting to have some performance information, especially when using Javascript libraries.
The default SharePoint Javascript is already quite heavy (core.js, init.js, etc.), that’s why so far I have been reluctant to add a library on top of that.

Christophe

By: EndUserSharePoint

EndUserSharePoint — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:53:59 +0000

Rich – That makes sense, thanks. I’ve done that with LyteBox and Scriptaculous for the same reason. — Mark

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Links (11/9/2008) « Steve Pietrek - Everything SharePoint — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:45:57 +0000

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By: Rich Finn

Rich Finn — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:32:21 +0000

Mark,

Once bit of advice I’ve found with jquery. Instead of the file name they set the script file to when you download it, rename the file to be just ‘jquery.js’. This will help you later when they release a new version so you don’t have to go around and edit the script reference each place you use it.

-Rich

By: EndUserSharePoint

EndUserSharePoint — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:27:41 +0000

Rich – I just looked at the site… simple script to store in a library and reference through the CEWP. Should be fun to play around with. — Mark

By: EndUserSharePoint

EndUserSharePoint — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:12:17 +0000

Rich – Does jquery have to be installed at the server level, or can I setup a library and reference the scripts for the CEWP? — Mark

By: Rich Finn

Rich Finn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:08:09 +0000

Are there plans in a future part of this series to discuss using the jquery library in SharePoint? I’ve been using jquery in SP for quite some time now and since I started, my client-side potential of SP has exploded. jquery is easy to install, it’s simple to use, and the jquery site contains great documentation.

Furthermore, I hear it’s going to be integrated into the next version of DotNet, so the earlier we learn it, the better we will be. Check jquery out at http://jquery.com/.

Rich Finn