Question

I used different jQuery plugins and in some cases they were not working properly (or not working at all) until I embedded them into $(function({ ... })).

As example the plugin:

     $('#DateTextBox').datetimepicker();

does not work, even if in the plugin web site it is used exactly in the same form.
Placing it inside $(function()) it turns working perfectly:

$(function ()
        {
            $('#DateTextBox').datepicker();
        });

What the statement “$(function ())” brings exactly?
I tried to search in the same jQuery web site but I did not find an answer.

Answer 1

What the statement “$(function ())” brings exactly?

It makes sure your code will not get executed before the page has finished loading. It is a shorthand for

$(document).ready(function () {
  // ...
});

Read: http://api.jquery.com/ready/