JS library
Submitted by MariusRugan on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 08:06.
is there somebody working at integrating a full javascript library?
--think would be nice to have and would be a real support to theme-mods teams
any comments?
If you're interested in seeing more javascript functionality, I would suggest subscribing to the development mailing list and checking out the dev docs for making changes to the code base.
I know that activeCollab was using YUI at one point.. I'm currently using scriptaculous for reordering of a priority list. Has there been a debate on a js library or set of libraries to use going forward?
Do you have any specific favorites?
Currently, ProjectPier is still using the YUI library since there hasn't been any major changes to the code base yet. The issue hasn't been raised yet in the developer list, but I'm sure everyone has an opinion. Personally, I"m a big fan of jQuery and would like to see that be used as the default since it has a small foot print and aims are to maintain it while being very good about cross browser compatible and standards compliant.
It would be best to stick with a single library for these type of features.
I use YUI regularly, but count me in on jQuery. Not only do I love the small footprint, but it's got the ($) function like prototype, great examples and documentation, and allows for easy plugins to be written.
+1 for jQuery as an overall js library. I don't actually have much experience with using it, but have heard only good things about it, and know first hand how sketchy scriptaculous can be when it comes to documentation and strange bugs with no explanations.
I also love moo.fx in a big way but it doesn't seem to have the same flexibility as jQuery.
+2 for jQuery
I'm quite the doofus when it comes to making Ajax-y stuff, but even I have been able to make neat things with jQuery and follow its straightforward logic.
-Warr
In my menu patch i removed a bit of yui code and subsituted for a generic js function, but if jquery were default, it would open the doors for a much slicker user interface :D
ext seems to be gaining a fair bit of support : http://extjs.com/
It's at version 2.0 now and is compatible with YUI, jQuery and Prototype - originally started as a set of extensions to YUI. Worth looking at I think?
For RailsCollab, i just switched everything over to Prototype + Scriptalicious. Although currently it is a bit of a hack, so i'm likely going to rewrite it all again soon.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with YUI or jQuery. :)
If this is still an active topic, my vote goes to MooTools. :-)
In my work as frontend-developer i have used a number of different JS-frameworks over the last two years, including JQuery, Prototype and Dojo. In my experience Mootools is the most focused, cleanest and overall best performer of the bunch.
Moo!
Is very simple and powerful