On 04.05.10 21:45, "Scott Kallen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey, folks. Hi Scott, > We're trying to get moving forward with a web-based iPhone app and I > still don't feel I have a great handle on the plusses and minuses of > the various JS frameworks. We did a "Web 2.0" project a way back and > used SPRY over jQuery, much to our pain (because Macromedia/Adobe > seemed to support it at the time.) > > In that vein, I would love to get the opinions of users new and old of > the various frameworks available. Our primary questions are these: > > 1) How mature is the framework? Mature... > 2) How is the project vitality? (How quickly are things fixed and new > features added?) Depends. In my experience there are no real show-stopper bugs and things improve quite fast. > 3) How big is the team working on the framework? Dunno... but from the checkins and discussions it seems quite huge. > 4) What's the track record of this team? (Has the team (or > individual) completed and deployed any other products?) I don't know what this question is about? If people completed and released a bunch of iPint and iFart frameworks, would this make things better or worse? ;-) > 5) How responsive is the team to (reasonably intelligent) questions > about the framework? I think, this depends on the intelligence of the questions, and the amount of bucks you're willing to sponsor. > 6) How up-to-date is the documentation kept? Documentation is extremely good and detailed (and current). > Feature set is obviously a factor but that's much easier to figure > out. Ease-of-use is also a factor, but a secondary one. We'll put in > a little extra work for the right backbone. One important thing for me (in webapps) is the size/functionality ratio, since users tend to use the stuff on their way to the airport or whatever - and in situations where online connections may be weak. IMHO jQuery offers a great size/functionality ratio here. But even more important is the fact, that it saves huge amounts of developing power (read: time), if it comes to DOM-manipulation and parsing. > Obviously, some might not know answers to all of the above, however, > all suggestions are welcome. Your questions are valid and understandable. But: look in the mirror: - Are you willing to contribute, or just suck the code? - Are you willing to discuss, or just ask? IMHO the experience with an open framework is always as good as the will to contribute is. jQuery performs great so far, if that was the overall question. best andy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
