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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) Programming AJAX Parsing JSON Data

Dayne Wright
Dayne Wright
11,235 Points
Posted by Dayne Wright
Dayne Wright
11,235 Points

onreadystatechange not camel case?

Why is onreadystatechange not camel case? I am sure there is a reason that I am missing. Can anyone explain when you use camel case and when you do not?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Same question was asked in another thread: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/is-there-a-reason-onreadystatechange-doesnt-follow-the-camelcase-convention

"A lot of the javascript events don't follow the camel case conventions (onclick, onmouseover, ...). So I guess the rule of thumb is that your methods should be camel case, but don't always expect events to follow suit because many were created before casing conventions became uniform."

sibal gesekki
sibal gesekki
3,484 Points

Jeff Lemay dont be so cocky and rude -_-