Generate HTML using jQuery

Question

i'm trying to generate some HTML using jQuery, I want to just create the elements with the required classes etc, and then append them to each other if that makes sense. I have written the below code, it doesn't produce any errors but also isn't adding the HTML to container at all.

What's wrong?

(function($) {
    $.fn.twitter_plugin = function( options ) {

    var container = this[0];

    console.log('Started');
    // Make aJax call

    // Generate HTML
    $con = $("<div>", { "class" : "tweet" });
    $(container).append($con);
      $col1 = $("<div>", { "class" : "twocol" });
      $con.append($col1);
      $col2 = $("<div>", { "class" : "tencol last" });
      $con.append($col2);

        // Profile Image
        $tweet_profile_div = $("<div>", { "class" : "tweet-profile-photo" });
        $col1.append($tweet_profile_div);
          $profile_img = $("img", { "src" : '', "class" : "responsive-img" });
          $tweet_profile_div.append($profile_img);
        // END Profile Image

      // Tweet
      $tweet_head = $("div", { "class" : "tweet-head" });
      // END Tweet

  };
}(jQuery));

Executing this like so:

<script src="js-src/themev2/twitter_plugin.js"></script>
<script>
$( document ).ready(function() {
    $("#map_canvas").twitter_plugin({ });
});
</script>

Edit 1

@Sean Reimer, my twitter_plugin function is being executed without that change you suggested, as the console.log is displayed, so this isn't the issue

Answer 1

The problem is that you have an IIFE for jquery, but within you have your '$.fn.twitter_plugin function' defined but not called. At the end of your function definition you should add () to invoke it as well.

so

      $tweet_head = $("div", { "class" : "tweet-head" });
      // END Tweet
  };

should be

      $tweet_head = $("div", { "class" : "tweet-head" });
      // END Tweet

  }();

I also am not sure if this[0] is entirely reliable it might be better to just save the body as your container element. This is just a window object, so it doesn't have a 0 index element

var container = $('body') would solve your problems.

Answer 2

我犯了一个愚蠢的错误，代码可以正常工作，我只是误输入了目标元素的ID，现在可以正常工作了。