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Better way to load polyfills conditionally

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
testing

Research direction

Start by locating the jQuery tests, the polyfill modules, and the existing logic that conditionally loads them for IE8. Review how the tests are currently run, then determine how separate test pages could load each polyfill without changing code for modern browsers. Done means each polyfill can be tested independently through its page and the jQuery tests run without forcing the polyfill.

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Description

Currently it's hard to develop because in order to see the jQuery tests you have to either open them in IE8, or change some code to force the jQuery polyfill to load in modern browsers. Can work around this problem by having a test page for each polyfill and wrapping the polyfill modules in a function.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
15
Forks
2
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