You can learn more about the plugins by watching the
following Web Camps TV episode hosted by James Senior with Stephen
Walther:
Web Camps TV #5 - Microsoft Commits Code to jQuery!
Below is additional information (and links to the official
documentation on jQuery.com) for the three plugins:
jQuery Templates
The jQuery Templates plugin enables you to create client
templates. For example, you can use the jQuery Templates plugin to format a set
of database records that you have retrieved from the server through an Ajax
request.
You can learn more about jQuery templates by reading my
earlier blog entry on jQuery Templates and Data-Linking or by reading the documentation
about it on the official jQuery website. In addition, Rey Bango, Boris
Moore and James Senior have written some good blog posts on the jQuery
Templates plugin:
Not Using jQuery JavaScript Template? You’re Really Missing Out
jQuery JavaScript Templates Tutorial: Nesting Templates
Introducing jQuery Templates
jQuery Templates in the Wild
Web Camps Demos: Adding jQuery to the ASP.NET MVC Music store
When the next major version of jQuery is released -- jQuery
1.5 -- jQuery Templates will be included as a standard part of the jQuery
library.
jQuery Data Link
The jQuery Data Link plugin enables you to easily keep your
user interface and data synchronized. For example, you can use the Data Link
plugin to automatically synchronize the input fields of an HTML product form
with the properties of a JavaScript product object.
You can learn more about the Data Link plugin by reading my
previous blog entry on jQuery Templates and Data-Linking. The documentation
for the Data Link plugin is also now live at the official
jQuery website.
jQuery Globalization
The jQuery Globalization plugin enables you to use different
cultural conventions when formatting or parsing numbers, dates and times,
calendars, and currencies. The Globalization plugin has information on over 350
cultures. You can use this plugin with the core jQuery library or plugins built
on top of the jQuery library.
You can learn more about the jQuery Globalization plugin by
reading my previous blog entry on the jQuery Globalization plugin.
