I absolutely agree with point of Benjamin! And I can tell few reasons more why this component should be abandoned :))
2011/1/17 Phil Brown <[email protected]>: > Never used ZendX_Jquery for the exact reasons Benjamin's stated as reasons > to abandon it, so that's an "aye" vote from me. > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Benjamin Eberlei <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> 2 years ago I was pretty sure of the Dojo and jQuery components/integration >> into ZF. I have since changed my mind radically. I do maintained the jQuery >> component but I would suggest to drop it for 2.0 for the following reasons: >> >> 1. It encourages writing no JS code at all, this will bite you in the ass >> heavily if you find out that you need to customize the jQuery logic. >> 2. It does not encourage javascript code re-use (jQuery plugins are the way >> to go here) >> 3. Heavy usage causes technical debt, it becomes impossible to rewrite your >> app using proper jquery/javscript code. >> 4. The PHP code required to write "ZendX JQuery" code is often more than >> the jQuery required alone. >> >> Since only people that don't know javascript "benefit" from this extension >> (in the short run) I suggest to drop it not to encourage people to run into >> the wrong direction by using it (they will thank us later). >> >> I won't attempt to rewrite ZendX jQuery for 2.0 and i understand that this >> means it will be dropped automatically. I suggest nobody to take over >> maintenance for the previously discussed arguments. >> >> greetings, >> Benjamin >> > > > > -- > Phil Brown > Web Applications Developer > -- Sincerely yours, Aleksey V. Zapparov A.K.A. ixti FSF Member #7118 Mobile Phone: +34 617 179 344 Homepage: http://www.ixti.ru JID: [email protected] *Origin: Happy Hacking!
