Question

What is the difference of calling function like:

testCall: function() and function testCall() in jQuery ?

Update:

Questions: Does usage of one over the another have some performance issues related to it OR it really does not matter which one you are using ?

Update 2

Also other thing that I noticed that whenn I am defining function using testCall: function() and I call it using this.testCall() it works fine and am able to call it in any other function.

But when I am using function testCall() and I try to call it using testCall() in another function than I am getting errors and am not able to call it. Is this possible or there could be some other reason for the errors ?

Answer 1

In this example:

testCall: function()

testCall is now a function available on the object you’re in, like this: object.testCall() It can access other functions, properties, etc inside this object if it needs to.

In this version:

function testCall()

testCall is just a globally available method, not scoped to the object or plugin, whatever you’re dealing with, you can call it from anywhere, like this: testCall()