http://www.scripteka.com/
2008/1/14, s.ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Recently errtheblog (http://errtheblog.com/) put up a nice post about > jQuery. Putting aside all the assertions about cleaner code and fewer > lines of code than with Prototype, the one thing that struck me from > his (and others') writing and from direct inspection is this: jQuery > seems to have a more of an ecosystem surrounding it. That is, more > plugins, widgets, locked-and-loaded functionality you can plop into > your app. > > My purpose in writing this is to pose a few simple questions for > discussion: > > - Why does it not appear that Prototype/Scripty have such an ecosystem > of extensions (as do Rails and jQuery)? > - If these extensions exist, how come they are so hard to track down? > > My direct comparison, unfairly influenced by my greater experience > with Prototype, is that there is little difference and that Prototype > gives me more Rubyisms, so it feels more natural. Now that there is a > new release, is there anyone in a position to provide a comparison of > how Proto/Scripty have evolved to address perceived deficiencies > (again, leaving aside aesthetic or religious things like underlying > philosophy or "beautiful code"), and is there an existing of planned > way to provide a repository of proto-based extensions. Really, who > wants to write yet-another-date-picker or yet-another-photo-scroller? > > Please don't get this post wrong. I'm not planning to jump over to > jQuery for anything. I just wanted to see what all the buzz was about > -- and there is buzz. > > Thanks in advance for your opinions. > > --steve > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" 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-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
