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On Jan 15, 2008 3:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe...." Accross The Universe - The Beatles - -------------------------------------------- Visit : http://www.sabukhitam.com/ ====================== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
