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If you use this technique, you will not be able to use other libraries’
methods within the encapsulated function that expect the $.
3.8 Adding Functionality with Plugins
Problem
The jQuery library is a small, slick, powerful JavaScript library, but it doesn’t come
preloaded with every piece of functionality that you may need.
Solution
jQuery was built with extensibility in mind. If the core jQuery library can’t do what
you want, chances are a jQuery plugin author has written a plugin that will handle your
need, probably in as little as one line of code.
To include a plugin on your page, all you need to do is download the plugin .js file,
include the jQuery library on the page, then immediately after, include your plugin on
the page. Then, in either another .js file or in a script block on the page, you’ll typically
need to call the plugin and provide any options that may be required.
Here is an example using the jQuery cycle plugin developed by Mike Alsup:
Chapter 3 - Recipe 8 - Adding Functionality with Plugins
.pics {
height: 232px;
width: 232px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.pics img {
padding: 15px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background-color: #eee;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
top: 0;
left: 0
}
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