We probably will *not* be switching to Dojo (but I'll be looking into it for sure), even with it being available as part of ZF. We currently use jQuery. Part of the benefit of using jQuery is that a CSS designer can learn how to use it. This is because they can take the same concept of applying style using CSS selectors but instead add behavior using CSS selectors (leveraging the skills they already have and not burdening a developer with the work). Sure, for full-on RIAs ZF + Dojo will probably be the best option. But with jQuery our designers can do a lot of the JavaScript work - I'm not going to ask a designer to learn Dojo as it seems a lot more complicated (I haven't used Dojo, just read through some of the documentation).
My point being that I would find jQuery + ZF integration useful because switching to Dojo probably doesn't make sense for us. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Rob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21 May 2008, at 20:15, Pádraic Brady wrote: > > It's really great news! And once the Dojo implementation is in place as a > template it's an open field for someone to step up and do something similar > for the lighter libraries like jQuery. > > > > I wonder if this will actually happen long term? > > I think you can essentially assume that most other JS/Ajax libraries won't > be used with ZF by the majority of developers once the new Zend-Dojo stuff > is released. There just won't be the same level of documentation, mailing > list or irc help on how to do stuff compared to using Dojo. > > Even if the relevant components are written for another JS library, to > adopt them you have to decide if they will be keep up with the official > Zend-Dojo components over the years that follow. Who will maintain them and > update them through ZF 2.0, 3.0 etc? This is the bit that would worry me > about adopting something other than Dojo for use with ZF over the long term. > > > I'm planning on telling my developers at work that we need to migrate to > Dojo over the next 6 months. I had a look at the Dojo docs and at first > glance they don't look as comprehensive as we've been used to, but I'm sure > we'll manage. > > > Regards, > > Rob... > -- Bradley Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
