A basic draft of a jQuery-based project

jquery_skel.js

"use strict";
(function() {
  function BaseClass($) {
    // element collection
    var elements = [];
    
    // if element isn't null, then set it as current element
    var checkElement = function(el) {
      if(el) {
        window['Base'].CurrentElement = el;
      }
      
      return el;
    }
    
    this.CurrentElement = null;
    
    this.Element = function(id) {
      var el = null;
      
      for(var i = 0; ++i < elements;) {
        if(elements[i] && elements[i].id == id) {
          // element found - set a temporary variable
          el = checkElement(elements[i].obj);
          
          // return it and finish this function
          return el;
        }
      }
      
      // element not found - using getElementById and appending it to list
      var el = checkElement(document.getElementById(id));
      elements.push({
        id: id,
        obj: el
      });
      
      // return the variable even though result is null
      return el;
    };
  }
  
  window['Base'] = new BaseClass(jQuery);
}) ();

jQuery(function($) {

  // Example 1: WYSIWYG content and ews detail
  if(Base.Element('content') || Base.Element('news-detail')) {
    // this block is executed only if document has elements with IDs 'content' or 'news-detail'
    // note that Base.CurrentElement can be any not-null option (it can be content or news detail)
    $(Base.CurrentElement).find('a.lightbox').lightBox();
  }
  
  // Example 2: Contact form
  if(Base.Element('contact')) {
    $(Base.CurrentElement).find('> form').each(function() {
      // i can write these blocks as a plugin-like style too :)
      var $this = $(this);
      
      $this.find('input').doSomethingNice();
    });
  }
});

This is a initial draft of my jQuery project skeleton. I use it to centralize all my javascript code into a single JS file, avoiding inline javascript in my HTML files. In next versions, I'll write suggestions for IE detection, IE specific versions (with and without modernizr) and other cool stuff.

Basic adjustment: append the new element to list