I've always wondered about this one. I'm not a big framework person, but I have worked in both Mootools and JQuery a bit, and I've always wondered why the continued love of Mootools?
For a CMS encouraging third party devs, Mootools seems like the WORST possible choice. For lazy programmers, Mootools seems like a great choice. I admit, Mootools is easier to grasp quickly, to code for, etc. It is more "fun". But that fun comes at a cost[and maybe this has changed since I last looked deeply]. Mootools doesn't use a namespace. Over half the troubleshooting I've done on sites setup by others, when it involves weird front end stuff, is because of mootools. Specifically, it's because some of the other components installed are not using mootools and there is a function name conflict between the libraries mootools loads, and the libraries in the other code. JQuery, by contrast, HAS a namespace. It is much harder to cause a function name conflict that blows the javascript on a page out of the water. It's less "fun" to program in, but you don't run into stupid problems. And when you want to encourage people to download and install third party apps, it seems to me that your base supported javascript library should encourage that by not causing conflicts! Anyone know why mootools is getting so strongly embedded in Joomla[I see they had some sessions at the Dev Conference] instead of going to a sane platform? Is mootools finally gonna adopt namespaces? Or is this just the result of joomla front end devs not wanting to recode all the javascript into something less programmer friendly? -- ---- Hudson Valley Sudbury School What GPL is for application users Our school is for students Help your children grow, change, and learn Let your child direct, control, amend Check out http://www.sudburyschool.org
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