DisasterMan more or less wrote exactly what I would have said. I've used Prototype/Script.aculo.us and the lack of (good) documentation was what kept me from really being happy. I can't comment on MooTools. Combine that with the fact that I (personally) like the syntax of jQuery better...it just seems more natural and easy to follow/understand.
Good luck, make your decision and don't second guess yourself. On May 22, 1:06 pm, DisasterMan <d...@absolutedisaster.co.uk> wrote: > I started with Prototype/Script.aculo.us, tried MooTools, and moved to > JQuery. > > I don't have very technical reasons to support this just personal > experience. > > I was amazed by Prototype, having not used a framewqork before, but > found it fiddly and not terribly well documented. > MooTools was just really hard to get to work at all, so I chucked it > as I couldn't afford the learning curve. > I tried JQuery and was amazed at it's simplicity, ease of use, > documentation and support. I've never looked back, apart from > revisiting old projects, ripping out all the Prototype and replacing > it! > The plugins I have tried have almost always worked seamlessly, and > where tweaks have been needed the coding conventions make it easy to > rip them apart. > Together with JQueryUI it's just great for my needs. > > I've gone on to do more and code better, bigger things thanks to > JQuery, and been pleasantly surprised. I have an In Context Editing > system powered almost entirely by JQuery for front end manipulation, > and it has been a pleasure to build. > > To answer you in the format you requested: > 1) Ease of use, transparency, support, documentation, plugins > > 2) = NULL; > > So, that's my two cents, JQuery FTW! > > On May 21, 8:05 pm, kiusau <kiu...@mac.com> wrote: > > > After a badly needed pause of some length, my need for sophisticated > > JavaScript has reemerged. During my departure I have discovered two > > other similar JavaScript modules called MooTools and Prototype. With > > my reemergence I have also realized that all of these require a > > certain amount of commitment that goes beyond what I initially > > anticipated. What I would like from you all is a convincing argument > > to remain that is based on the following comparison: > > > 1) What are the principal advantages of jQuery over Prototype and > > MooTools? > > 2) What are the principal disadvantages of jQuery when compared with > > Protoype and MooTools? > > > Roddy
