The biggest difference between the two at their core is that Prototype
directly modifies javascript's native objects (Array, Object, String,
etc.) while jQuery does not. A more subtle difference is how the use
of the $() function to address DOM objects. Prototype's $() receives a
simple string (or list of strings) which match DOM element ID names,
while jQuery's $() receives a valid CSS selector and creates a
collection of matching elements (even if it's only 1 element in the
case of $("#elementID") ). Prototype separates that approach into the $
$() function to create an Enumerable instance.There are plenty of other differences, in varying degrees of subtlety. But more important, i think, is what the libraries have in common: a very easy to learn way to perform several tasks on the same starting point target by chaining methods together.But since almost all libraries of this style provide that, i agree with other posts that it's probably more important to impress the fundamentals of Javascript so students know how/why the libraries work the way they do, and why these different approaches are both valid, and can, with care, co- exist. -joe t. On Mar 24, 6:09 am, "Ali.MD" <alimihando...@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you very much > my question about future > jQuery and prototype and some other javascript library is similar to > each other > I can not find a significant difference between them. is that right ? > a agree jquery is better to teach. and we must to teach other > javascript library with jQuery > I'm worried about the future > What the future will be Prototype and script.aculo.us > if my future developers want to choose only one library. > Which should we choose for future ? and why ? > i dont worry about plugins and extensions because we can use all of > them together ;) -- 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 prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
