Daily Archives: July 16, 2011

[JavaScript] Naming Your Function ‘$’ is not Clever

The atrocity that is the dollar function dates back at least 2005 and the introduction of the Prototype Framework. Back in those days, ‘$()‘ was simply a shorthand way of saying ‘document.getElementById()‘ without having to type all 24 characters. And … Continue reading

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