jQuery plugins with node.js

Question

I'm using jQuery with jsdom in my node.js app.

Moreover, I want to use jQuery plugins(e.g. jQuery.diff), but I cannot find how to do this. Is there any way out?

Answer 1

I have a library that I'm working on which is a port of jquery to node - bit.ly/node-jquery

The goal is to do var $ = require('node-jquery') and use jquery libraries or functions as normal

Answer 2

Create a script tag in your document to load your script into it. Example:

createWindow = function(fn) {
    var window  = jsdom.jsdom().createWindow(),
        script = window.document.createElement('script');

    jsdom.jQueryify(window, function() {
        script.src = 'file://' + __dirname + '/some.library.js';
        script.onload = function() {
            if (this.readyState === 'complete') {
                fn(window);
            }
        }
    });
}

createWindow(function(window) {
    // Do your jQuery stuff:
    window.$('body').hide();
});

Source: http://blog.davidpadbury.com/2010/10/03/using-nodejs-to-render-js-charts-on-server/