Hi, I a new user from Prototype (2 weaks so far) I am begin to look diferents libraries: prototype, jquery, mootools, etc. After some time I decide to use prototype because I feel what have better documentation for beginer (can be better) like me. I just only use AJAX. I am doing a application web (before use VB6) so no need effects or maybe later.
My 2 cents. ps. Sorry for my english ;) 2008/9/26 Diodeus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > While I am strong advocate of Prototype and Script.aculo.us, I find > that the vast majority of discussion/coverage on the web is focussed > on jQuery. I understand that there are not huge differences in the > capabilities of these two libraries, so why has jQuery gained such > popularity vs Prototype? > > This really hit home since I've been following questions/discussions > on stackoverflow.com. Prototype is virtually invisible there. I know > this isn't a "library war" and that the two can cheerfully coexist, > and that there is plenty of room in the marketplace for everyone. A > few years from now, where will we be? jQuery seems to be gaining > momentum. > > Will there be a resurgence in the popularity of Prototype, or will it > fade off into obscurity? (I certainly hope not) > > Here's the post I read today: > > - - - > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/139723/which-javascript-framework-is-the-simplest-and-most-powerful > - - - > Question: Which Javascript Framework is the simplest and most > powerful? > - - - > > I propose jQuery. > > I'll give you some of the major arguments from the presentation that > my team put on yesterday for senior management to convince them of > that. > > Reasons: > > 1. > > Community acceptance. Look at this graph. It shows searches for > "prototype", "yui" and "scriptaculous" growing from 2004 to 2008. Then > out of nowhere in 2006 searches fro "jquery" shoot up to double the > number of the other libraries. The community is actually converging on > a single leading product, and it's jQuery. > 2. > > jQuery is very very succinct and readable. I conducted an > experiment in which I took existing code (selected at random) written > in YUI, and tried re-writing it in jQuery. It was 1/4 as long in > jQuery. That makes it 4 times as easy to write, and 4 times as easy to > maintain. > 3. > > jQuery integrates well with the rest of the web world. The use > of CSS syntax as the key for selecting items is a brilliant trick > which helps to meld together the highly diseparate worlds of HTML, CSS > and JavaScript. > 4. > > Documentation: jQuery has excellent documentation, with clear > specifications and working examples of every method. It has excellent > books (I recommend "jQuery in Action".) The only competitor which > matches it is YUI. > 5. > > Active user community: the Google group which is the main > community discussion forum for Prototype has nearly 1000 members. The > Google group for jQuery has 10 times as many members. And my personal > experience is that the community tends to be helpful. > 6. > > Easy learning curve. jQuery is easy to learn, even for people > with experience as a designer, but no experience in coding. > 7. > > Performance. Check out this, which is published by mootools. It > compares the speed of different frameworks. jQuery is not always the > VERY fastest, but it is quite good on every test. > 8. > > Plays well with others: jQuery's noConflict mode and the core > library's small size help it to work well in environments that are > already using other libraries. > 9. > > Designed to make JavaScript usable. Looping is a pain in > JavaScript; jQuery works with set objects you almost never need to > write the loop. JavaScript's greatest strength is that functions are > first-class objects; jQuery makes extensive use of this feature. > 10. > > Plug-ins. jQuery is designed to make it easy to write plugins. > And there is an enormous community of people out there writing > plugins. Anything you want is probably out there. Check out things > like this or this for visual examples. > > I hope you find this convincing! > - - - > > > > > -- ________________________________________ Lo bueno de vivir un dia mas es saber que nos queda un dia menos de vida --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" 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/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
