iFinity

Count me amongst the legions of jQuery fans.  I might be a bit later to the party than others, but to my defence I really like writing server based code, so I do as much of that as possible.   It’s only when faced with the need to ship code that the UI starts getting the attention it deserves.

Adding jQuery into DNN is an obvious choice, although made somewhat problematic with the standard Prototype library inclusion, and the fact that DNN modules are built with ASP User Controls rather than pages.   You’ll see plenty of advice on the internet to either use the built-in DNN 5 jQuery inclusion method, or to just add the includes into the page where your jQuery code is.   The first is problematic if you’re building for a broad range of DNN versions, the second is problematic if you want to distribute your code without having a long list of post-install steps to get it working. Another issue is that DNN modules can (and will) be copied to the page more than once, so your code has to be careful of including...