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2047 Third Party Libraries
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2098 From WoltLab Suite
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2697 <a href=
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2698 The History of the Legacy API
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2726 <a href=
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2727 The Accelerated Guest View (
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2733 <a href=
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2734 The {js} Template Plugin
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2764 <p class=
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5.4 introduced support for TypeScript, migrating all existing modules to TypeScript. The JavaScript section of the documentation is not yet updated to account for the changes, possibly explaining concepts that cannot be applied as-is when writing TypeScript. You can learn about basic TypeScript use in WoltLab Suite, such as consuming WoltLab Suite’s types in own packages, within in
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2766 <h2 id=
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2767 <p>The WoltLab Suite
3.0 <a href=
"../new-api_writing-a-module/">introduced a new API
</a> based on AMD-Modules
2768 with ES5-JavaScript that was designed with high performance and visible dependencies
2769 in mind. This was a fundamental change in comparison to
<a href=
"../legacy-api/">the legacy API
</a>
2770 that was build many years before while jQuery was still a thing and we had to deal
2771 with ancient browsers such as Internet Explorer
9 that felt short in both CSS and
2772 JavaScript capabilities.
</p>
2773 <p>Fast forward a few years, the old API is still around and most important, it is
2774 actively being used by some components that have not been rewritten yet. This
2775 has been done to preserve the backwards-compatibility and to avoid the
2776 significant amount of work that it requires to rewrite a component. The components
2777 invoked on page initialization have all been rewritten to use the modern API, but
2778 some deferred objects that are invoked later during the page runtime may still
2779 use the old API.
</p>
2780 <p>However, the legacy API is deprecated and you should not rely on it for new
2781 components at all. It slowly but steadily gets replaced up until a point where its
2782 last bits are finally removed from the code base.
</p>
2783 <h2 id=
"embedding-javascript-inside-templates">Embedding JavaScript inside Templates
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#embedding-javascript-inside-templates" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h2>
2784 <p>The
<code><script
></code>-tags are extracted and moved during template processing, eventually
2785 placing them at the very end of the body element while preserving their order of
2787 <p>This behavior is controlled through the
<code>data-relocate=
"true"</code> attribute on the
<code><script
></code>
2788 which is mandatory for almost all scripts, mostly because their dependencies (such
2789 as jQuery) are moved to the bottom anyway.
</p>
2790 <div class=
"highlight"><table class=
"highlighttable"><tr><td class=
"linenos"><div class=
"linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class=
"normal"> 1</span>
2791 <span class=
"normal"> 2</span>
2792 <span class=
"normal"> 3</span>
2793 <span class=
"normal"> 4</span>
2794 <span class=
"normal"> 5</span>
2795 <span class=
"normal"> 6</span>
2796 <span class=
"normal"> 7</span>
2797 <span class=
"normal"> 8</span>
2798 <span class=
"normal"> 9</span>
2799 <span class=
"normal">10</span>
2800 <span class=
"normal">11</span>
2801 <span class=
"normal">12</span>
2802 <span class=
"normal">13</span></pre></div></td><td class=
"code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span class=
"p"><</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span> <span class=
"na">data-relocate
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"true
"</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2803 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"nx">$
</span><span class=
"p">(
</span><span class=
"kd">function
</span><span class=
"p">()
</span><span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"p">{
</span>
2804 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"c1">// Code that uses jQuery (Legacy API)
</span>
2805 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"p">});
</span>
2806 <span class=
"p"></
</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2808 <span class=
"cm"><!-- or --
></span>
2810 <span class=
"p"><</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span> <span class=
"na">data-relocate
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"true
"</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2811 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"nx">require
</span><span class=
"p">([
</span><span class=
"s2">"Some
"</span><span class=
"p">,
</span><span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"s2">"Dependencies
"</span><span class=
"p">],
</span><span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"kd">function
</span><span class=
"p">(
</span><span class=
"nx">Some
</span><span class=
"p">,
</span><span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"nx">Dependencies
</span><span class=
"p">)
</span><span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"p">{
</span>
2812 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"c1">// Modern API
</span>
2813 <span class=
"w"> </span><span class=
"p">});
</span>
2814 <span class=
"p"></
</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2815 </code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
2816 <h2 id=
"including-external-javascript-files">Including External JavaScript Files
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#including-external-javascript-files" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h2>
2817 <p>The AMD-Modules used in the new API are automatically recognized and lazy-loaded
2818 on demand, so unless you have a rather large and pre-compiled code-base, there
2819 is nothing else to worry about.
</p>
2820 <h3 id=
"debug-variants-and-cache-buster">Debug-Variants and Cache-Buster
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#debug-variants-and-cache-buster" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h3>
2821 <p>Your JavaScript files may change over time and you would want the users' browsers
2822 to always load and use the latest version of your files. This can be achieved by
2823 appending the special
<code>LAST_UPDATE_TIME
</code> constant to your file path. It contains
2824 the unix timestamp of the last time any package was installed, updated or removed
2825 and thus avoid outdated caches by relying on a unique value, without invalidating
2826 the cache more often that it needs to be.
</p>
2827 <div class=
"highlight"><table class=
"highlighttable"><tr><td class=
"linenos"><div class=
"linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class=
"normal">1</span></pre></div></td><td class=
"code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span class=
"p"><</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span> <span class=
"na">data-relocate
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"true
"</span> <span class=
"na">src
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"{$__wcf-
>getPath(
'app
')}js/App.js?t={@LAST_UPDATE_TIME}
"</span><span class=
"p">></
</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2828 </code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
2829 <p>For small scripts you can simply serve the full, non-minified version to the user
2830 at all times, the differences in size and execution speed are insignificant and
2831 are very unlikely to offer any benefits. They might even yield a worse performance,
2832 because you'll have to include them statically in the template, even if the code
2833 is never called.
</p>
2834 <p>However, if you're including a minified build in your app or plugin, you should
2835 include a switch to load the uncompressed version in the debug mode, while serving
2836 the minified and optimized file to the average visitor. You should use the
2837 <code>ENABLE_DEBUG_MODE
</code> constant to decide which version should be loaded.
</p>
2838 <div class=
"highlight"><table class=
"highlighttable"><tr><td class=
"linenos"><div class=
"linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class=
"normal">1</span></pre></div></td><td class=
"code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span class=
"p"><</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span> <span class=
"na">data-relocate
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"true
"</span> <span class=
"na">src
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"{$__wcf-
>getPath(
'app
')}js/App{if !ENABLE_DEBUG_MODE}.min{/if}.js?t={@LAST_UPDATE_TIME}
"</span><span class=
"p">></
</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2839 </code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
2840 <h3 id=
"the-accelerated-guest-view-tiny-builds">The Accelerated Guest View (
"Tiny Builds")
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#the-accelerated-guest-view-tiny-builds" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h3>
2841 <div class=
"admonition info">
2842 <p class=
"admonition-title">You can learn more on the
<a href=
"../../migration/wsc30/javascript/">Accelerated Guest View
</a> in the migration docs.
</p>
2844 <p>The “Accelerated Guest View” aims to decrease page size and to improve responsiveness by enabling a read-only mode for visitors.
2845 If you are providing a separate compiled build for this mode, you'll need to include yet another switch to serve the right version to the visitor.
</p>
2846 <div class=
"highlight"><table class=
"highlighttable"><tr><td class=
"linenos"><div class=
"linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class=
"normal">1</span></pre></div></td><td class=
"code"><div><pre><span></span><code><span class=
"p"><</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span> <span class=
"na">data-relocate
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"true
"</span> <span class=
"na">src
</span><span class=
"o">=
</span><span class=
"s">"{$__wcf-
>getPath(
'app
')}js/App{if !ENABLE_DEBUG_MODE}{if VISITOR_USE_TINY_BUILD}.tiny{/if}.min{/if}.js?t={@LAST_UPDATE_TIME}
"</span><span class=
"p">></
</span><span class=
"nt">script
</span><span class=
"p">></span>
2847 </code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
2848 <h3 id=
"the-js-template-plugin">The
<code>{js}
</code> Template Plugin
<a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#the-js-template-plugin" title=
"Permanent link">#
</a></h3>
2849 <p>The
<code>{js}
</code> template plugin exists solely to provide a much easier and less error-prone
2850 method to include external JavaScript files.
</p>
2851 <div class=
"highlight"><table class=
"highlighttable"><tr><td class=
"linenos"><div class=
"linenodiv"><pre><span></span><span class=
"normal">1</span></pre></div></td><td class=
"code"><div><pre><span></span><code>{js application=
'app
' file=
'App
' hasTiny=true}
2852 </code></pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
2853 <p>The
<code>hasTiny
</code> attribute is optional, you can set it to
<code>false
</code> or just omit it
2854 entirely if you do not provide a tiny build for your file.
</p>
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