Working with plugins

A number of times, we will come across scenarios where the capabilities of the framework are just not sufficient for all the requirements of your project. In such scenarios, we have to make use of third-party plugins in our project. We will be looking at two very interesting plugins in the course of this chapter, but before that, you need to understand what jQuery plugins exactly are.

A jQuery plugin is simply a new method that has been used to extend jQuery's prototype object. When we include the jQuery plugin as part of our code, this new method becomes available for use within your application. When selecting jQuery plugins for your jQuery Mobile web application, make sure that the plugin is optimized for mobile devices and incorporates touch events as well, based on your requirements.

The first plugin that we are going to look at today is called FastClick and is developed by FT Labs. This is an open source plugin and so can be used as part of your application. FastClick...