JavaScript File Organization

[SLR]

I've been using JavaScript for quite some time now, and I've seen
several techniques regarding file organization. This is the last
technique I used on my last project:

I created a "JS directory" for external JS files. I then created one
global JS file for generic code that linked that all the web-pages
imported. For any JavaScript code that was specific to a page, I just
created a separate external JS file in the js directory for that page.

To sum it up: 1 external JS file for each web-page, and one global JS
file for all the web-pages.

Now, I got away with this only because the project that I was working
on had very few web-pages (i.e. less than 10 pages); however, even
with this small amount of pages, it started to become a nightmare
finding what I wanted; I can only imagine how ineffective this would
become if the project had 20, 30, or even 100+ pages.

I was hoping that some of you more "experienced" with JavaScript can
shed some light on this subject.

 

[Paul Wilkins]

To sum it up: 1 external JS file for each web-page, and one global JS
file for all the web-pages.

The global file makes good sense, but what on earth would warrant
having a separate js file for each Web page?
Placing script code in external files is not a mandatory requirement.
If multiple pages have script code that is unique to that page, it
should be kept with that page.

 

[Evertjan.]

Paul Wilkins wrote on 16 feb 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

The global file makes good sense, but what on earth would warrant
having a separate js file for each Web page?
Placing script code in external files is not a mandatory requirement.
If multiple pages have script code that is unique to that page, it
should be kept with that page.

Indeed, and if you have a huge job, use serverside includes to
include clientside js that you want to be seperate or that share a few
pages.

Debugging of a view source will be so much easier.

 

[SLR]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Evertjan.]

SLR wrote on 17 feb 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

Thanks for the advice.

What advice?

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