jQuery outperforms Prototype by leaps and bounds. Surely this is an important reason for jQuery's increasingly popularity over Prototype. Thanks for the great reference!
Roddy On May 21, 1:02 pm, Jackson Ferreira de Andrade Mafra <jacksonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://blog.creonfx.com/examples/javascript/speed-compersion-raw-data...http://blog.creonfx.com/javascript/mootools-vs-jquery-vs-prototype-vs... > > att. > (ツ) > Jackson F. de A. Mafra > Designer,Desenvolvedor e Consultorhttp://www.jacksonfdam.com.br > > Esta mensagem, incluindo seus anexos, pode conter informações confidenciais > e/ou privilegiadas. Se você não for a pessoa autorizada a receber esta > mensagem, não pode usar, copiar ou divulgar as informações nela contidas ou > tomar qualquer ação baseada nessas informações. Caso esta mensagem tenha > sido recebida por engano, por favor avise imediatamente o remetente, > respondendo o e-mail e em seguida elimine-a do seu sistema. Agradeço sua > cooperação. > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 5:00 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
