Anonymous functions bound everywhere are a pain. They're difficult to debug, maintain, test, or reuse. Instead, use an object literal to organize and name your handlers and callbacks.
// BAD $(document).ready(function() { $('#magic').click(function(e) { $('#yayeffects').slideUp(function() { // ... }); }); $('#happiness').load(url + ' #unicorns', function() { // ... }); }); // BETTER var PI = { onReady : function() { $('#magic').click(PI.candyMtn); $('#happiness').load(PI.url + ' #unicorns', PI.unicornCb); }, candyMtn : function(e) { $('#yayeffects').slideUp(PI.slideCb); }, slideCb : function() { ... }, unicornCb : function() { ... } }; $(document).ready(PI.onReady);
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