Hi Imar,

$(document).ready(function() {} is used to wait until page is done loading before any JQuery code is executed. (p. 372)

Is this supposed to be used only when JQuery code is involved? Should this ready function also be used with Javascript/Ajax client side as well? For ex, the validation javascript code that was added to ValidatePhoneNumbers on p. 312?

Thanks.
Tulsi

Hi there,

The document ready function is jQuery specific but you can also use it for other code (provided the page contains a reference to the jQuery library) you want to execute when the DOM is ready.

For your particular example it's not needed though. Validation isn't execute when the page loads, but based on user interaction such as changing the form controls or clicking the Submit button.

Hope this helps,

Imar

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