[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-21 Thread T.J. Crowder
Hi, Tools are tools, use the one that does what you need and that you find comfortable. One thing I don't like about jQuery is all of the (in effect) function overloading. I don't have a problem with overloaded functions provided they do essentially the same thing (in Java, for instance, it's

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-21 Thread Jan Hansen
Thanks! Yes, tools are tools - and one should use the one that fits the task at hand best. However, it is difficult to actually know which tool to use if you dont know the tools well enuogh. I guess this is the reason developers tend to have a tendency of falling into the habit of once you've

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-21 Thread Gabriel Gilini
You might like to read Dion's opinion on this: http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-often-prefer-prototype-too Gabriel Gilini www.usosim.com.br gabr...@usosim.com.br gabr...@souagil.com.br On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Jan Hansen j...@nhl-data.dk wrote: Thanks! Yes, tools are tools - and one

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-20 Thread SWilk
Hi, Jan Hansen wrote: [...] Some argue that prototype is better when it comes to dealing with things not directly related to the DOM - but I cant find any hard evidence helping me decide whether to use prototype or jquery. There are, however lots of soft arguments that people throw at

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-20 Thread joe t.
On Jan 20, 8:51 am, SWilk wilkola...@gmail.com wrote: ... Enumerable mixin. I can't find anything like it in jQuery, and I use it very often in our applications (not a public website, but an intranet CRM and similar aplications). If you write classes representing your data, than it's very

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-20 Thread Nich
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 22:41, Jan Hansen j...@nhl-data.dk wrote: Hi Nich, Thanks for your answer! Could you elaborate a bit on the section: *My largest reason for preferring Protoype though is that it gives you the tools you need to write your own javascript classes and extend the DOM

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-20 Thread seasoup
From my time working with jQuery I couldn't find anything like Prototype's Class.create() lowpro.jquery.js - http://github.com/danwrong/low-pro-for-jquery/tree/master/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[Proto-Scripty] Re: jQuery or Prototype ?

2009-01-20 Thread seasoup
Both Prototype and jQuery are excellent libraries. The only important thing is that you use one of them :) Ok, ok, mootools lovers... or mootools. sheesh. On Jan 20, 3:55 am, Jan Hansen j...@nhl-data.dk wrote: Hi all, Still more frequently I get or see the question: Should we use jQuery