Drop 3rd party gh3.js from source code

[peterblazejewicz]

The main reason is raised by @jdaudier here:

https://github.com/marionettejs/marionettejs.com/issues/162

The 3rd party library is old and uses jQuery props deprecated from 1.9, so it's not future proof.

In addition - the website is using it purely for a single feature: stargazers.

The use of this library can be replaced with JSONP call:

;(function($) {
  var url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/marionettejs/backbone.marionette?callback=?';
  $.getJSON(url, function (result) {
    if(result.meta.status === 200) {
      var stargazers = result.data.stargazers_count || 'fetching';
      var $span = $('<span></span>');
      $span.appendTo('.github').text(stargazers + ' stargazers');
    }
  });
})(jQuery);

that is:

diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 47739e0..4e04499 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     "jQuery.equalHeights": "mattbanks/jQuery.equalHeights#1.5.2",
     "google-code-prettify": "1.0.3",
     "jquery-unveil": "1.3.0",
-    "gh3": "1.0.3",
     "jquery": "2.1.3",
     "underscore": "1.6.0",
     "backbone": "1.1.2",
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
index b538cd5..4189736 100644
--- a/gruntfile.js
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       dist: {
         src: [
           'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
-          'bower_components/gh3/gh3.js',
           'bower_components/jQuery.equalHeights/jquery.equalheights.min.js',
           'bower_components/google-code-prettify/bin/prettify.min.js',
           'bower_components/jquery-unveil/jquery.unveil.min.js',
diff --git a/src/js/github.js b/src/js/github.js
index d9c4e7e..31cafd7 100644
--- a/src/js/github.js
+++ b/src/js/github.js
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-;(function(git, $) {
-
-  var marionettejs = new git.User("marionettejs");
-  var starGazers = new git.Repository("backbone.marionette", marionettejs);
-
-  starGazers.fetch(function(err, res) {
-    if(err) { throw "No stars for you." }
-
-    var count = document.querySelector('.github');
-    var span = document.createElement('span');
-    span.innerHTML = res.stargazers_count + " stargazers";
-    count.appendChild(span);
+;(function($) {
+  var url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/marionettejs/backbone.marionette?callback=?';
+  $.getJSON(url, function (result) {
+    if(result.meta.status === 200) {
+      var stargazers = result.data.stargazers_count || 'fetching';
+      var $span = $('<span></span>');
+      $span.appendTo('.github').text(stargazers + ' stargazers');
+    }
   });
-
-})(Gh3, jQuery);
+})(jQuery);

The JSONP unathorized access to GitHub api is subject of rate limits: https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting the same way as gh3.js asses I think.

Can we drop it?

Thanks!

[jdaudier]

:+1:

[samccone]

:+1: no need to open issues with the full diff, you can just open PR's :D

thanks for the great work @peterblazejewicz !