Question

I’m reading about the jQuery $.fn namespace, and in order to understand what I’m reading, I would like an example of a complete command if no shortcuts were taken.
For instance,

$('p').click(function() {
console.log('click');
});

Could this be rewritten with .fn in it somewhere? What would be the exhaustive syntax?

jQuery('p',document).fn.click(function() {
window.console.log('click');
});

Answer 1

jQuery.fn is an alias for jQuery.prototype; it’s the standard Javascript prototype mechanism.
Actual jQuery objects (instances) do not have an fn property.

You need to call the functions such that the this keyword is the object you’re invoking them on, using call or apply.

For example:

jQuery.fn.click.call(jQuery('p',document), function() { ... })