Is there a 'not found' exception for jquery selector?

Question

I just spent \'hours\' with the following scenario: (all back to the basics)

 $(\'#typo\').bind(\'click\' etc ...

I had a typo in the selec

Answer 1

You could use following snippet:

UPDATED to take care of context

DEMO

jQuery.debug = true;
$ = function (selector, context) {
    if (jQuery.debug && typeof selector === "string" && !jQuery(selector, context).length) 
        throw new Error("No element found!");
    return jQuery.apply(this, arguments);
};