User:Tim Starling/Proposed modularisation of client-side resources

We can organise client side resources as follows. Proposed inclusion dependency hints are in square brackets.

• Base core (OutputPage or new class)
  • Header static scripts
    • ajax.js [all]
    • wikibits.js [all]
    • jQuery [all]
  • Footer static scripts
    • ajaxwatch.js [user]
    • mwsuggest.js [user]
    • rightclickedit.js [user]
    • ajaxCategories [page]
    • mv_embed [all]
  • Header dynamic scripts
    • gen=js misc: skin=x, stylepath=x [skin]
    • User:name/skinname.js [user]
    • MediaWiki:Common.js [all]
    • MediaWiki:Skinname.js [skin]
  • Static CSS
    • common/shared.css [all]
  • Dynamic CSS
    • media=""
      • MediaWiki:Common.css [all]
      • MediaWiki:Skinname.css [skin]
      • Assorted preference dependent [user]
    • media=handheld
      • MediaWiki:Handheld.css [all]
    • media=print
      • MediaWiki:Print.css [all]

• SkinTemplate
  • Static CSS
    • common/commonPrint.css
  • Conditional head JS
    • common/IEFixes.js

• SkinOld proposed base
  • Static CSS
    • common/oldshared.css
    • common/common_rtl.css
    • common/wikiprintable.css

• SkinStandard
  • Static CSS
    • common/wikistandard.css
    • common/quickbar.css
    • common/quickbar-right.css
  • Static JS
    • common/sticky.js

• SkinNostalgia
  • Static CSS
    • common/nostalgia.css

• SkinCologneBlue
  • Static CSS
    • common/cologneblue.css

• SkinMonoBook
  • Static CSS
    • monobook/main.css
    • $wgHandheldStyle (chick/main.css)
    • monobook/IE50Fixes.css
    • monobook/IE55Fixes.css
    • monobook/IE60Fixes.css
    • monobook/IE70Fixes.css
    • monobook/rtl.css

• SkinChick
  • Static CSS
    • chick/main.css
    • chick/IE50Fixes.css
    • chick/IE55Fixes.css
    • chick/IE60Fixes.css

• SkinModern
  • Static CSS
    • common/shared.css
    • modern/main.css
    • modern/print.css
    • modern/rtl.css

• SkinSimple
  • Static CSS
    • simple/main.css
    • simple/rtl.css

• SkinVector
  • Static CSS
    • vector/main-rtl.css
    • vector/main-ltr.css
  • HTML component JS
    • csshover.htc