#summary Best practices when writing OpenSocial applications

= Introduction =

Try to follow these best practices when writing your applications.

= Details =

== Reduce Latency ==

Check out the [LatencyCombatFieldManual Latency Combat Field Manual] for information on how to make your applications load faster.

== Link HREFs ==

To use links to trigger JavaScript functions, you can use this format:

{{{
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript:callthis();">Click me to call this</a>
}}}

*Do not use `href="#"`!*  When the user clicks on the link, the IFRAME hosting your gadget will clear its security token and subsequent opensocial calls will fail.