Progress® Kendo UI® for jQuery Feedback Portal
Back to Feed
Request a Feature Report a Bug
Declined
Last Updated: 09 Feb 2015 16:36 by Telerik Admin
Imported User
Created on: 06 Feb 2015 22:30
Category: Kendo UI for jQuery
Type: Feature Request
1
remove all external dependencies from KendoUI
After a bit of poking, I found that KendoUI has an internal dependency to jQuery. Hidden external dependencies to external framework, especially once with known compatibility issue between revisions, should be removed.

This is even more vital when more than one of your competitors have web controls with no external dependencies.
2 comments
Imported User
Posted on: 09 Feb 2015 16:36 
No, it completely makes since. I was 99% sure this would be the outcome. However, I knew by putting it on a User Voice, I could see what the rest of the community thought about the issue.
ADMIN
Telerik Admin
Posted on: 09 Feb 2015 14:35 
Chris, this dependency is outlined both on our site and in our intro section of the docs:

http://www.telerik.com/kendo-ui
http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/introduction 
('..jQuery-based framework..')

and we don't try to hide it in any way. On the contrary, we believe this can reduce the learning curve for developers familiar with jQuery APIs. 

We decided to have a dependency on jQuery instead of building our own proprietary core which resembles the same functionality, because:
- the library is #1 in popularity and used broadly by javascript developers
- we don't see value in duplicating the same features vs utilizing them directly from the jQuery core, optimized for performance

Hope this explanation makes sense.
Create an account Log In
View
Type
Status
Category