DataTables 2.0 removes legacy UMD auto‑registration: impact on $.fn.dataTable
DataTables 2.0 compatibility boundary for zero‑bundler projects Projects that load DataTables via a plain <script> tag and rely on the historic $.fn.dataTable plugin face a breaking change in version 2.0 because the primary distribution is now an ES module build that does not automatically patch jQuery. The documentation introduces a window.DataTable g