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Javascript library...

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:00 pm
by arpowers
Hey guys,

I need to hear everyone's opinion on the best JS framework to use... I am struggling with the advantages/disadvantages of each one....

tried prototype.js.. nice looking design but... bad documentation & no community (not even a forum for it!)
I'm looking at jquery right now... so far not impressed with the syntax..

I just want to make the js process as painless as possible:)

thanks as always.!
Andrew

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:23 pm
by Zoxive
Some reason, I have always liked Mootools.

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:38 pm
by arpowers
cool.. dl'd it...
any specific reason why?
thanks by the way..

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:52 pm
by Zoxive
arpowers wrote:cool.. dl'd it...
any specific reason why?
thanks by the way..
You can download just what you need, to make it super light weight.
I just liked how the classes are created, and how they handled events.
The documentation was easy for me to read and understand and I could dive in to the source code and comprehend almost all of it.

And loads of demos onsite.

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:17 am
by Kieran Huggins
You'll probably find you love the jQuery syntax once you start using it. It's very well designed, IMO.

It does fundamentally change the way you script for the DOM, but in a very good way. The philosophy behind it is: "Find things and do stuff to them". It's the only framework that fundamentally encourages progressive enhancement.

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:51 am
by alex.barylski
I'm with Kieran...I've been using jQuery for two days...albeit limited in scope...but it's been a blast to use to give my apps that javascript candy coating.

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:52 pm
by arpowers
Ok...
thanks for the advice
I've decided to go with Jquery.. you're right about the plugins they add a lot!
andrew

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:45 pm
by Weirdan
tried prototype.js.. nice looking design but... bad documentation
You must be joking. Prototype.js api docs are nearly perfect.

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:38 am
by Kieran Huggins

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:16 pm
by arpowers
visual jquery very nice:)

Prototype API docs are fine... the problem is in finding an active community, books, tutorials... etc...
look on the site.. there aren't any freakin tutorials.
I do like the design though of prototype.js.

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:51 pm
by Christopher
I think the current majors are Prototype, jQuery, mootools and Dojo, plus the Yahoo and Google toolkits.

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:58 am
by GeXus
Here are my opinions for what I've used...

1) Prototype/Scriptalicous - too bulky
2) DoJo - WAY too bulky
3) YUI - You think those were bulky?
4) Ext - Has some amazing stuff, but a little time consuming to get it all wired up.. bulky as well.
5) MooTools - Good community, small size, good stuff.
6) JQuery - Good community, small size, tons of 3rd party modules


Overall I would go with MooTools or JQuery... I generally go for JQuery.

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:18 am
by CoderGoblin
I'm going to go with others and say Jquery. Would like to point out though this is only to enhance my sites. I don't rely on javascript. I have recently been looking around and finding so many "flashy" sites now which crawl because of the amount of javascript elements on them. If I am browsing I want the information, not wait for a second or two after each mouse click :evil: