+1 for jQuery. It's tough to get people to switch, so I think you should have a choice. Ship with both perhaps.
But I think the syntax and philosophy of jQuery is more similar to Ruby than Protoype is similar to Ruby. I think it would be easier for new people to pick up jQuery than Prototype, but both are very easy to get started with. Karl On May 24, 8:54 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. > 2. jQuery has a vast community of its own, and a multitude of > plugins. > 2. Yehuda Katz. > > In all honesty, it's probably the first argument that carries the most > weight: if the vast majority of developers use jQuery, Rails should > embrace it as the new default, seeing as it's the *preferred* one now. > Now, I may be wrong about the number of jQuery vs. Prototype users, > but I'd be surprised if I was. > > I hope I'll get at least a few responses. I can entirely understand if > you've got personal reasons to prefer Prototype and all, its long > history side by side with Rails and all, but Rails 3.1 may be a good > time reflect on whether it's still the best choice. > > Best regards, > Daniel Schierbeck > > -- > 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 > athttp://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.
