On 7 Jan 2011, at 09:40, Ants Pants <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why?! Well, Prototype was great to get up and started and do fancy things, 
> but then when I wanted to know how things worked or have more control, I 
> found I didn't know how to. Having a method that you pass arguments to is 
> great but it isn't enough.
> 

Sounds like you're more against rjs and link to remote than prototype. I'd say 
what you say below is pretty true of prototype too. 

Fred
> JQuery is a steeper learning curve but you have more control, your javascript 
> is in js files and not sprinkled around your HTML and you actually learn more 
> about the front end.
> 
> I'm a backend developer and hate the front end but it has been kind of fun 
> (but stressful and frustrating) and I have learned heaps.
> 
> That's why. but I guess it horses for courses.
> 
> On 7 January 2011 04:33, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ants Pants wrote in post #972949:
> > Aren't the remote helpers built with prototype?
> >
> > Best thing I ever did was move away from Prototype.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Best,
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