Question

Just in case it matters, I use ASP.NET 3.5 with VB.NET. I have nested MasterPages and UpdatePanels with Partial PostBacks. I include Modernizr 1.7 with YepNopeJs/IE Shim in my head section. Right before the closing body tag, I include my jQuery 1.6, jQuery UI 1.8.12, and this script.js I’m trying to build.

I’m thinking of using something like:

SITE = {

    PAGES     : { ... },
    VARS      : { ... },
    HELPERS   : { ... },
    PLUGINS   : { ... },

    init      : function() { ... }

};

SITE.init();

UPDATE

Ok with Levi’s advice, I came up with this solution:

var SFAIC = {};                                   // Global namespace

SFAIC.common = { ... };                           // Shared properties
SFAIC.common.fn = { ... };                        // Shared functions
SFAIC.plugin = {

    qtip: $.fn.qtip,
    validate: $.fn.validate,
    validator: $.fn.validator

};
SFAIC.init = function() { ... };                  // Global initializer

$(document).ready(function() { SFAIC.init(); });

Then each page would have its own object literal like:

SFAIC.Main = {};                                  // Main.aspx 

SFAIC.Main.someSection = { ... };                 // Some Section's properties
SFAIC.Main.someSection.fn = { ... };              // Some Section's functions
SFAIC.Main.anotherSection = { ... };              // Another Section's properties
SFAIC.Main.anotherSection.fn = { ... };           // Another Section's functions
SFAIC.Main.init = function() { ... };             // Main.aspx's intializer

$(document).ready(function() { SFAIC.Main.init(); });

Answer 1

I recommend that you make a new object for section and a new function for each page/item.
However, the more scripts you add in this way, the harder it gets to manage the whole in an editor. Netbeans has a feature that lets you jump to parts of the object and helps manage this.

Example:

var lib = {}; // your library

//maybe you like the plural name plugins better. That's fine.
lib.plugin = {
    //define plugins here
};

//maybe you like the plural name helpers better. That's fine too.
lib.helper = {
    //define your helpers here
    cycle: function() {
        //code for the cycle plug-in
    }
};

lib.account = {
    //you could stick code that is general to all account pages here
};

lib.account.overview = function() {
    //you could stick code that is specific to the account overview page here
    //maybe you'd use the cycle plug-in to show their latest posts.
    lib.plugin.cycle();

};

lib.account = {
    //you could stick code that is general to all account pages here
};

lib.account.overview = function() {
    //you could stick code that is specific to the account overview page here
    //maybe you'd use the cycle plug-in to show their latest posts.

    lib.plugin.cycle();

};

Then on the Account Overview page you’d call lib.account.overview().