I am relatively new to implementing JQuery throughout an entire system, and I am enjoying the opportunity.
I have come across one issue I would love to find the corr
I don't think there's any reason to add this function to JQuery's namespace. Why not just define the method by itself:
function showMessage(msg) { alert(msg); };
UPDATE: With a small change to how your method is defined I can get it to work:
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