What is “.el” in relationship to JavaScript/HTML/jQuery?

Question

I couldn\'t find much from Googling, but I\'m probably Googling the wrong terms.

I\'m trying to understand what the \"el\" in \"$.el\" is from here: http://joestelmach.g

Answer 1

el is a function that's been placed on the $ object, and can be invoked to generate DOM elements:

$.el('table')

el also acts as a placeholder for other objects, like the table function:

$.el.table()