Elements to Consider when Combining Frameworks

The ease of development of JavaScript and Ajax based applications is largely based on the advancement of frameworks and libraries. Although JavaScript is a relatively challenging programming language, it has become a lot easier because the libraries and frameworks allowed developers to implement functions with less coding responsibilities.

Oftentimes, developers use a single framework or source of functions to ensure compatibility in the application. Frameworks for JavaScript have reached a point that it can provide enough functions to create an application. Almost any idea of developers can be catered by a single framework.

But even though there are frameworks that can cater to most functions needed in the application, none of them is perfect. There are some functions that needs to be retrieved from other frameworks. If you're considering this technique in your application, there are elements that you should consider.

DOM Implementation

Before allowing another framework to work in your JavaScript or Ajax based application, double check how the framework works with DOM. There are situations wherein an added framework will never work largely because the DOM functions can't work with the framework. To make sure that the new framework works with DOM, check the loading behavior of the framework. The functions should load AFTER the DOM has loaded. It's very important to remember that the behavior in browsers is still synchronous when it comes to loading.

Approaching Functions

Getting the elements to work in various browsers is a little bit tricky when it comes to JavaScript and Ajax. You have to manually code the application per browser just to make sure every browser will read the functions. However, this problem has been addressed by frameworks.

Before you implement a framework, read the code on how these elements are implemented in various browsers. An ideal method used by framework is to use CSS to increase compatibility. This is a highly recommended practice since CSS uses fewer resources compared to other programming languages.

Working with Functions

The challenge of working with functions is with the approach. However, the technique offered by various frameworks is not on CSS since it will take up too many lines. Every ends up confused when this approach is used and troubleshooting is very difficult.

Frameworks deal with the challenges of various functions through wrapping technique. By wrapping the functions, they will be able to implement the functions within the preferred framework.

XHR Movements

It's highly recommended to use XHR with the help of frameworks. Traditional coding is very challenging with XHR simply because there are too many elements to be considered. When you're using two or more functions, manually implementing XHR is very challenging since each framework might have a separate requirement.

To avoid this inconvenience, use a framework that can implement XHR. By using a framework for this specific function, developers will be able to easily stream data from the source and easily work with various functions even with different frameworks.

Implementing two or more frameworks is relatively easy. Developers just have to double check the functions from frameworks to ensure compatibility with browsers as well as other frameworks.