Javascript / Client Side Development :: JQuery or Prototype ?


	JQuery or Prototype ? Hi, I want ask you if, for a web portal/application, is better prototype or Jquery? I don't want to innesc some type of flame, but after the announce that drupal use JQuery and that the new Wordpress 2.2 use Jquery I ask myself if my choice of use prototype.js is the bettere choice. M. Sorry for my bad english. On May 16, 9:50 am, ziobudda <ziobu@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I want ask you if, for a web portal/application, is better > prototype or Jquery? All IMO: Both are extremely capable and well-written. If you must have OO, go with Prototype. If you like CSS and simplicity, go with jQuery. Prototype's popularity is decreasing while jQuery's popularity is increasing. Prototype is a library to help you write js code, jQuery is a whole new strategy to do what you really want. I choose jQuery, but choosing Prototype is not a "wrong" choice these days (previously, it was). Matt Kruse Matt Kruse wrote: > On May 16, 9:50 am, ziobudda <ziobu@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, I want ask you if, for a web portal/application, is better >> prototype or Jquery? > All IMO: > Both are extremely capable and well-written. I have never heard that Prototype is "well-written." Nor that it has the most efficient code. > If you must have OO, go with Prototype. If you like CSS and > simplicity, go with jQuery. In this sense, jQuery enables web developers. The same cannot be said for Prototype. Prototype has a severe learning curve, whilst jQuery merely builds upon what web designers already know. > Prototype's popularity is decreasing while jQuery's popularity is > increasing. > Prototype is a library to help you write js code, jQuery is a whole > new strategy to do what you really want. I actually feel that way about jQuery. It is an enabler, and not the bad kind either. It has the nicest, simplest syntax, especially when compared to Prototype. I always think its funny, how Prototype has the "real world" page. The only reason it got adopted first, is because it was first. > I choose jQuery, but choosing Prototype is not a "wrong" choice these > days (previously, it was). There are several people in this group, who when they say something, I pay careful attention to. You are one of them, but I must say in this case, your opinion is flawed. (That is of course, my opinion.) Or maybe I should ask, what has changed all of a sudden to make Prototype a viable development library? -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. On May 17, 12:50 am, ziobudda <ziobu@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I want ask you if, for a web portal/application, is better > prototype or Jquery? I don't want to innesc some type of flame, but > after the announce that drupal use JQuery and that the new Wordpress > 2.2 use Jquery I ask myself if my choice of use prototype.js is the > bettere choice. I'm no expert in either, but I'll offer a humble opinion. jQuery seems more compact, faster and more functional than Prototype - e.g. the comparison of form serialising found here: <URL: http://www.malsup.com/jquery/form/comp/ > I seem to find frequent examples of Prototype usage that can be done much more efficiently in plain javascript, it happens less often in jQuery. jQuery's newsgroup is also far more active than Prototype's (which is actually at the Ruby On Rails: Spinoffs group). I hope that helps. -- Rob RobG wrote: > jQuery's newsgroup is also far more active than Prototype's (which is > actually at the Ruby On Rails: Spinoffs group). Mailing list you mean, right? If jQuery has a newsgroup I sure would like to know about it. That is actually the only thing I hate about jQuery. They use mailing lists, which I never subscribe to. -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. -Lost wrote: > RobG wrote: >> jQuery's newsgroup is also far more active than Prototype's (which is >> actually at the Ruby On Rails: Spinoffs group). > Mailing list you mean, right? If jQuery has a newsgroup I sure would > like to know about it. > That is actually the only thing I hate about jQuery. They use mailing > lists, which I never subscribe to. Well, maybe not a newsgroup in the truest sense, but you can access and be part of the jQuery Google Group... http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en ...without being inundated with mail in your inbox. And I agree with previous comments; jQuery has a very active and (IMO) superior community. -- * Remove the DELETE from my address to reply * ====================================================== Kevin Scholl http://www.ksscholl.com/ ksch@comcast.DELETE.net ------------------------------------------------------ Information Architecture, Web Design and Development ------------------------------------------------------ We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams... ======================================================