Just to be clear, I don't think there's any doubt that jQuery has far more users, both in the Rails space and in the general space. So I don't think that determining that jQuery is used more by Rails 3 users will result in changing the defaults.
I'd like to hear from other Rails core team members about this topic. Yehuda Katz Architect | Engine Yard (ph) 718.877.1325 On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Norman Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose once 3.0 is released and it's just as easy to use jQuery > with Rails as Prototype, it should be easy to determine which one > people are using more often and then make that the default for 3.1. > I'm also pretty convinced jQuery will come out far ahead. > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 18:27, Ryan Bigg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Death to prototype! Long live jQuery! > > > > Ryan Bigg / Radar > > > > On 25/05/2010, at 6:17, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Em 24-05-2010 16:00, Jeff escreveu: > >>> > >>> On May 24, 10:54 am, Daniel Schierbeck<[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi there, sorry to bring this topic up yet again, but I feel that some > >>>> time has passed, and that the landscape has changed. > >>>> > >>>> Currently, Prototype is the default option in Rails. While switching > >>>> to jQuery is pretty easy, it's not as easy as not having to switch at > >>>> all, and this being Rails and all, our expectations in the area of > >>>> rock-solid defaults are high. I'd like to bring up some arguments in > >>>> favor of switching the default to jQuery. > >>>> > >>>> 1. It is my feeling that the vast majority of the Rails community use > >>>> jQuery exclusively. > >>>> > >>> Mine too. > >>> > >>> > >>>> 2. jQuery has a vast community of its own, and a multitude of > >>>> plugins. > >>>> 2. Yehuda Katz. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I agree, and think that Rails 3 is a good opportunity to offer new > >>> default values for a lot of things, including the default javascript > >>> library. > >>> > >>> Jeff > >>> > >> > >> It probably makes any difference, but +1 anyway... > >> > >> Rodrigo > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<rubyonrails-core%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rubyonrails-core%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-core%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" 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/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
