Yuan Yudistira schrieb: > I must bookmark this site. > thanks for the info > me too. thanks as well. strange that i didn't find this before even if i googled a lot for something like this. probably it would make sense to have a link on the prototype page.
cheers simon > YNY > > 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 >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
