Question

Hi I am building a small simple JS framework for University. I am having issues with doing something like jQuery.

Currently I can call methods by $.method() but struggling on how they do the $().method() as I have looked at the source and can’t seem to work out how they actually achieved it. As every time I try to adapt mine to look like theirs it does not work.

So what is the best way to achieve this.

Answer 1

function $() {
    return Object.create(Proto);
}

$.method = function method() { ... };
Proto.method = function method() { ... };

$.method();
$().method();

So you have a function with properties that are methods and your function returns an object which has methods.

Also another pro tip, $ is a poor variable name, use something more meaningful.