If you are not satisfied with the jQuery version provided by eXo Platform, you can integrate your desired version. It is common that products built over eXo Platform depend on the third party JavaScript frameworks depending on other versions of jQuery libraries, so deploying other jQuery libraries is unavoidable at some points. Multiple jQuery instances within a web page conflict with global variables, however the module system allows you to use such a library with no hassles.

The following example is about a jQueryPortlet using jQuery version 1.6.4, which is configured properly:

<module>

  <name>jquery-1.6.4</name>

  <script>

    <adapter>

(function() {

  <include>/javascript/jquery-1.6.4.js</include>

  return jQuery.noConflict(true);

})();

    </adapter>

  </script>

</module>

<portlet>

    <name>jQueryPortlet</name>

        <module>

            <script>

                <path>/javascript/MyJSFile.js</path>

                ...

            </script>

            <depends>

                <module>jquery-1.6.4</module>

                <as>$</as>

            </depends>

        </module>

</portlet>