This article was also very useful, and I thank you for introducing me to Google Trends. Surely jQuery is far more popular than either Prototype or MooTools, and rising in popularity. MooTools, though not particularly popular, appears to cater to a different audience and is holding its own.
On May 21, 1:00 pm, Matt Kruse <m...@thekrusefamily.com> wrote: > All 3 frameworks have pros and cons. They have many technical > similarities and each come with their own set of problems. If you can > avoid using a framework, always do that. But if the pros of using a > framework outweigh the cons, I think the decision mostly comes down to > popularity. > > Choose the framework that will have the most documentation, the > biggest user community, will be around the longest, will have the most > number of developers familiar with it, and can be seen as gaining in > popularity rather than declining. > > If you look at Google Trends to compare the three: > > http://www.google.com/trends?q=jquery+javascript%2Cmootools+javascrip... > > you'll see that MooTools and Prototype are steady or declining, while > jQuery has a dominant lead in popularity and is increasing rapidly. > Granted, this is only an analysis of searches, but it's a fair picture > of relative popularity of the different frameworks. There is always > some safety in choosing the "market leader" and if you are going in > blind with no desire to do an in-depth analysis of each option, then > choosing jQuery would probably be your safest best. > > IMO, > > Matt Kruse > > On May 21, 2:05 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
