Question

is it possible to disable jQuery ajax() calls? As a developer, I ofttimes need to test site without ajax (without actually turning js off).

I would create a script that utilizes local database: when certain link is clicked, it would toggle a property. Ie. how can I effect global bindings such as

$("a.ajax").live("click", function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    $.get(this.href);
});

without actually changing the code itself? Could I replace the ajax() function? How would you deal with this?

Answer 1

You can override jQuery’s get method with an empty annonymous function of your own, before any of your code is run:

$.get = function(){};

Or you could use jQuery’s $.noop, which is basically the same thing:

$.get = $.noop;