(from [Wikitech-l] Future: Love for the sister projects!)

What are the differences between mw.loader.load( 'http://centralwiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.foo');

and mw.loader.load( ' http://centralwiki.org/w/load.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-foo.js&action=r...' );

which is currently the recommended way in the migration guide[2]?

Helder

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 18:12, Krinkle krinklemail@gmail.com wrote:

= New way = This way is promoted in the migration here [2] to start centralizing gadgets and avoid stuff from getting out of date. (navPopups, HotCat, UTCLiveClock, WikiMiniAtlas etc.) :

== Central wiki ==

• MediaWiki:Gadget-definitions * foo[ResourceLoader]|foo.js|foo.css
• MediaWiki:Gadget-foo This is Foo description.
• MediaWiki:Gadget-foo.js alert('foo');
• MediaWiki:Gadget-foo.css body { background: orange; }

== Other wiki ==

• MediaWiki:Gadget-definitions * foo|foo.js
• MediaWiki:Gadget-foo This is Foo description.
• MediaWiki:Gadget-foo.js mw.loader.load( '

http://centralwiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.foo' );

This new way not only centralizes stuff (like the old way did) but also does all resource loader stuff (1 request, minified, combined, cached)

This is already a huge improvement and can and is being done today. Once global preferences are up and RL 2.0 is in the air, it would be even easier. ie. extra section in Special:Preferences#Gadgets with "global gadgets" and MediaWiki:Gadgets-globaldefinition is used and meta.wikimedia/load.php

-- Krinkle

[1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14950 [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RL/MGU#Keep_gadgets_central

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