Simple use of this library! not really as simple as the 0.9.3

[zenithtekla]

At code.runnable.com with old version 0.9.3 typeahead was easily implemented in a few lines of code. http://code.runnable.com/UlXgeluakNULAAAv/create-an-autocomplete-input-box-with-typeahead-js-for-jquery-and-javascript

  <script type="text/javascript">
    // Waiting for the DOM ready...
    $(function(){
      // applied typeahead to the text input box
      $('#my-input').typeahead({
        name: 'countries',
        // data source
        prefetch: 'data/countries.json',
        // max item numbers list in the dropdown
        limit: 10
      });
    });
  </script>

But the latest version requires more code and effort using Bloodhound... line 1->17 https://github.com/zenithtekla/typeahead/blob/8ff27225f8d047e47e4aa657b7b9a8fe0ed7c63e/experiment/async.js

// Instantiate the Bloodhound suggestion engine
var local = new Bloodhound({
    datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace('name'),
    queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
    prefetch: {
        url: 'json/countries.json'
    }
}); // filter can be omitted, prefetch must use external url

// Initialize the Bloodhound suggestion engine
local.initialize();

// Instantiate the Typeahead UI
$('#async .typeahead').typeahead(null, {
    displayKey: 'name',
    source: local.ttAdapter()
});

Now tell me why it does have to be this complicated in the latter version? Is it so advanced that it can no longer take the form of simplest implementation?

[duzun]

+1 !

[zenithtekla]

Grabbed old code(from a linked runnable) and tried changing Typeahead library versions (from 0.9.3 to whatever the latest is) in the header. You will see the old form of simple implementation does not work.