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You don't have to use $(document).ready() anymore

As far as I know, this was always the case. The reason people use $(document).ready() is that it feels more correct, is more consistent. jQuery() supports three distinct behaviors:

    $(function)   => jQuery(document).ready(function)
    $(objects)    => Wrap objects with jQuery functionality
    $("selector") => Find objects, and wrap them with jQuery functionality
One of these is not like the others.


Actually, there are four!

    $("<tag>") => Make a DOM element and wrap it
This wild overloading of $ is one of the things I find hard to deal with in jQuery.


Doh, that's right, and it is one of the coolest and most fun to abuse features of jQuery.




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