February 2012
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
6h 20m
English
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Chapter 10. Extending the Framework
jQuery is well-known for its great plug-in community. jQuery Mobile is also a platform that can be extended easily though third-party plug-ins. An updated list of jQuery Mobile plug-ins to use can be found in http://mobilexweb.com/go/jqmplugin.
jQuery can be extended in many ways. We can create:
- Themes
A CSS file and/or a couple of images
- Plug-ins
A JavaScript and a CSS file that provides new widgets (
data-role) to the framework- Extensions
A JavaScript file that adds new behavior to current jQuery Mobile widgets and/or core functionality
Creating a Plug-in
jQuery Mobile architecture is based on jQuery UI framework, so creating plug-ins for the mobile framework is similar to the UI framework.
First, we need to understand a few things to create compatible plug-ins:
We should honor the compatibility from jQuery Mobile. Creating a plug-in that is only compatible with one or two platforms will not be useful for the community.
To use the plug-in, the user should just add a script file and a CSS file.
We should use
data-*attributes as much as possible to continue the framework architecture.The plug-in should work properly with custom namespacing and the theming framework.
The plug-in should auto-initialize widgets as in the main framework.
Use semantic HTML5 as much as possible to define your plug-in’s contents.
Use accessibility features (ARIA for example) if applicable.
To avoid future framework incompatibilities, avoid using generic names for your own custom
data-role ...
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