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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX The Office Status Project Revisited

Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
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Oğulcan Girginc
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$(document).ready(function() {}); vs $(function() {});

On the video, Dave uses 

$(document).ready(function () {
  // Handler for .ready() called.
}); //end ready

However, when I was reading about .ready(), the documentation says the code above is equivalent to code below.

$(function() {
  // Handler for .ready() called.
}); //end ready

Does anyone know if there is a specific reason why we should use $(document).ready(function() {}); but not $(function() {});?

2 Answers

Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
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Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
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If anyone interested, there is a good explanation on W3 School's Invoking a Function as a Function part.

Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
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Oğulcan Girginc
Oğulcan Girginc
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The question is why shorthand was not preferred? :)