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On 05.05.10 01:43, "Brian Willis" <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On 5/4/10 4:44 PM, "Andy Fuchs" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On 04.05.10 21:45, "Scott Kallen" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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