Hi Kien,
You just might solve all my problems with jquery ui if your answer to my question is yes.
If I call this line which you provided above, will i instantly get access to the jquery ui datatables functionality? Without having to write/ build any AMD modules as prescribed in the moodle docs?
$PAGE->requires->js(new moodle_url('https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.15/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js'),true);