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Ants Pants wrote in post #973055:
> 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.

RTFM?

> Having a method that you pass arguments to
> is
> great but it isn't enough.

Huh?  I'm not sure what you mean by this.

>
> JQuery is a steeper learning curve but you have more control, your
> javascript is in js files and not sprinkled around your HTML

You can do that with any JS framework, or with none.  And you should -- 
JS doesn't ever belong in HTML.

I'm not a Prototype supporter as such, but your reasons for not using it 
seem pretty specious.

> and you
> actually learn more about the front end.

So, I'll ask again: what properties *of the jQuery framework* make it 
superior to Prototype in your opinion.

>
> 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.

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-- 
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
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