[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (RF-13121) Investigate using require.js to load widget sources

[Brian Leathem (JIRA)]

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Brian Leathem commented on RF-13121:
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In order for us to be able to effectively use require.js to manage RichWidgets dependencies, the dependencies of RichWidgets themselves need to be manageable by AMD.  While jQuery.js is itself AMD compatible, unfortunately the jQuery UI widget factory (and widgets built using that factory) are not AMD compatible.

This article explains a workaround to get the jQuery UI widget factory to be AMD compatible:
http://gregfranko.com/blog/registering-the-jqueryui-widget-factory-as-an-amd-module/

Efforts are underway to deliver an AMD compatible jQuery UI widget factory in an upcoming jQuery UI release.  This can be tracked via the URL:
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/pull/1029
                
> Investigate using require.js to load widget sources
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: RF-13121
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-13121
>             Project: RichFaces
>          Issue Type: Task
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>    Affects Versions: 5.0.0.Alpha1
>            Reporter: Lukáš Fryč
>
> require.js would allows us:
> * straight-forward dependency loading
> * ad-hoc script loading
> * modular minification (r.js) and dependency inspection

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