What is the difference between $(document).ready(function() and $(function() ?

Question

So I know what this does:

$(document).ready(function(){
    // Your code here...
});

Now I have seen people doing this lately:

<script type="text/javascript">     
$(function(){
    // Your code here...
});
</script>

Are these two ways of doing the same thing?

I see an anonymous function being declared inside a jquery selector here, but never actually being invoked, yet by the way the page runs it seems that this may just run on pageload.

Answer 1

yes, they're doing the same thing. the $() function wraps $(document).ready() when the parameter to the call is a single function object.

(Edited to reflect a question in comment)