Re: [jQuery] When / how did you find out about jQuery?

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:34:34 -0700

I didn't come over from another library, I was an ignorant barbarian. After looking around the various libraries I was attracted to jQuery because the core was very straightforward - powerful element traversal, and simple element operations. I like to understand exactly what my code is doing so I tend to avoid libraries that focus on widgets. At it's core jQuery is more about how you develop code (succinct, easy to understand) than what you're developing, and I like that.

Blair

On 9/28/06, Brandon Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was in Prototype/Scriptaculous hell on a very complicated project
with lots of code. The file size of the library itself was killing me.
I took a branch of the project and ripped out all the
Prototype/Scriptaculous code and started implementing jQuery. Not only
did I see massive file size reduction in the library itself but also
in my own code for the site. I saw upwards of 50% line reduction after
switching to jQuery. jQuery has all I need and nothing more. If I need
something else I'll check to see if it is in a plugin and if it isn't
I'll write the plugin myself and realase it to the community. I
started using jQuery around the begining of this month and haven't
looked back since. It has been a complete joy to program with jQuery.

Thanks John and contributors for a new wave of _javascript_ programming!

Brandon Aaron

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