jQuery plugins - is it a good practice?

Hey,

I am reading about js, jquery & dom from few weeks but today i read a Tutorial in which he uses plugin for delay & ease.

Is it a good practice to u开发者_Python百科se plugin?

Addition to it :

The delay.js code is finished between four to five lines.

Maybe we could also just write it.

Please help me to understand it.

Thanks.

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As long as they add value to your work, I guess there's nothing wrong of use of plugin in js.
Look at the jquery's Summary and Best Practises.

See this below links. They'll clear your doubt.

• Plugin in js - a good practise ?
• Too many jquery plugins ?

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Yes, plugins are an important part of jquery. You can find most of them in http://plugins.jquery.com/

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If you are worried about the overhead of loading extra files, consider using a content delivery network such as Google Libraries (http://code.google.com/apis/libraries/).

They will take care of the heavy lifting for you, and you increase the odds of a visitor already having a cached copy.

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The only downside is the slight performance hit in loading one extra URL.