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- Tripcast, on 10/10/2007, -2/+39As usual, the best JS library out there just keeps getting better and better!
- JasonMaloney101, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32So this means we'll be seeing faster load time and less freezing up with the new comment system, right?
....right?
-_- - litkaj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17Wow! Two releases in a row with an emphasis on performance.
- TenebrousX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16digg uses Prototype and the uncompressed version of jQuery 1.1.2 for a reason I can't figure out
- pixeline, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16the world just got a little bit better this morning...
- hijinks, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15I use jquery for most javascript things on photoblog.com and I use to really avoid doing anything in JS but since I started using jquery a few months ago I find myself thinking where I can use jquery.
A big thanks goes out to John and all the jquery team for this release! - bhagany, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Next on the "things to use" list: punctuation!
- jawadde, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12jquery beats any prototype framework (like Mootools). Maybe not in speed, but in usability and flexibility it leaves everything in the dust. I was a prototype fanatic until 5 months ago when I had to do a jquery based project. Loathed it at first, but after 2 days I started figuring out the impressive things one can do with jquery chaining. It is simply stunning.
about speed : it is nice that jquery gets faster, but speed is hardly an issue anymore these days. in 90% of the speed-related problems, you can fix things by improving the algorithm. This is true for both prototype and jquery. Never switch frameworks for speed reasons : that's not what frameworks are for. If you really need speed, handcode your functions ! - hadi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12jQuery is realy fast on Safari 3, just take a look
- r3drum, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11damn... i thought that ff2 increase was a typo!
- lewhich, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Is it faster than Mootools? [http://www.mootools.net]
I really want to decide on which library to use, and now I'm stuck between JQuery and Mootools. - Bamborzled, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8jQuery is a JavaScript library which has a focus on DOM (HTML) manipulation. It provides functions for common uses of JavaScript such as AJAX or array iteration. Every function returns the jQuery object, allowing you to chain commands together. Personally, the library is a bit hard to learn at first, but once you learn it, it becomes easy to code.
- phytar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Not so much a discovery, as much as it was a deep analysis of the 3 most commonly-used parts of jQuery. We figured that if we could make those three aspects super-fast, it would have the most dramatic effect in increasing the perceived speed of jQuery, as a whole. So we went through and optimized wherever we could to make those things as fast as possible.
- reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6jQuery UI is nearly complete and includes both sortables and draggables. Both are VERY stable. http://docs.jquery.com/UI
You can pull the code off of SVN (http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/) - phytar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Depends how you measure it, but by Mootools' own suite, jQuery is faster in IE 6, IE 7, and Safari:
http://extjs.com/blog/2007/07/10/css-selectors-speed-myths/ - Lick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Long story short,
- Prototype: development pace is slow compared to the other two. It provides everything that a basic Javascript framework should provide. Not much of a community exists (last time I checked), although the userbase is pretty massive since it was one of the first Javascript frameworks.
- Mootools: I'd describe it as a fresher Prototype with more functions and excellent documentation. I was quite fond of it, until I met the communityleaders and developers. *****, believe me. The framework is solid, but 99% of the time you're writing more and more complexed code than you have to.
- jQuery: designed for quick web development. The API is really easy to learn and the resulting code that you write will often be cleaner, shorter and simpler. There are a few things that jQuery doesn't feature (like Mootools' Function.methods), although it's exactly those things you will NOT miss when doing practical things.
Personally I picked jQuery over MooTools because the community and the -practical- simplicity. The latter is imho quite important. - Korayem, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Gotta love jQuery
- emehrkay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6mootools isnt a prototype framework.
mootools is a pretty impressive suite if you ask me.
I really appreciate the work that the jquery team does. I think they advancements are amazing.
Keep up the good work - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Its not jQuery's fault, Diggs programmers really ***** it on the comment system. It needs a complete overhaul.
- dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6slow = false;
- chrisbarr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I'm personally a fan of Mootools, it is a very fast framework and I keep learning new ways to use it, but this release of jQuery really has me interested. I know jQuery is certainly not a bad framework in comparison to mootools, and this makes me really want to dive into it and start trying some things out now with this.
- ronk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6So anyone know what new discovery was made that resulted in the perf increase?
- reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5jQuery is a JavaScript/DOM/Ajax library which makes developing in JavaScript much easier.
- bmsterling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Too awesome!
- Yogitw, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I'd love to see a good comparison between prototype, mootools, and jquery. I've been using prototype but jquery seems to be gathering a lot of steam.
- jverdi, on 05/11/2009, -2/+5Is the crashing old safari browsers on OS X bug fixed?
- maexus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4and this release is faster?
- chrisbarr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3just cause it's used more doesn't mean it's better.
- davecardwell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31.2 is scheduled for September I believe: http://docs.jquery.com/JQuery_1.2_Roadmap
- phytar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Yep!
- seenxu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4great js framework, keep the good work, jquery team!
- Munzir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2jquery truly is awesome
- shanehonda, on 05/19/2009, -0/+2We picked up use of JQuery a few months ago at my company and it has been nothing short of a FANTASTIC experience. Highly recommended! This is great news.
- reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hi Chris. You have a great perspective on things. This really isn't religion and its good to see folks like yourself looking at alternatives. By doing that, you're expanding your skills and thats a good thing. I'm a member of the jQuery project team but I also use & like Ext. They both solve different problems and as a developer, its so critical to keep an open mind.
- jawadde, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2you're right, i'm sorry. I confused it with moo.fx (http://moofx.mad4milk.net/) which is a library/framework that used to be prototype-based (nowadays it is available for prototype AND mootools). Ofcourse, it depends on what you'd mean with "framework"... it's a pretty stretchable term after all
- Zerocool.956, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2im not a programmer i dont know what this is...tell me...cause it sounds interesting and it doesn't really explain what it is on the site
- spyk3d, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Nail. Head. fatdog shows his utter misunderstanding of Mootools - don't want the animation modules, then don't download them. Duh.
Mootools is quite simply the best javascript library period. - senixon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3jQuery ROCKS!
- knugen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I miss script.aculo.us's sortables/draggables etc. for jquery. I know of Interface elements but last time I checked (a while, I admit), it had some bad problems with Safari. Anyone know of the progress of jQuery UI or other alternatives?
- reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hey jk, was there a specific ticket in trac for it so I can look into it?
- dafragsta, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2"Never switch frameworks for speed reasons : that's not what frameworks are for. If you really need speed, handcode your functions !"
That logic makes no sense. How about "Pick a framework for the best balance of performance vs ease of use."
I gave up on Ruby on Rails. It's overhyped and it's a slug when compared to Django or even (yeah I'm sayin' it) Drupal. Drupal isn't intended to be a framwork, but with CCK, Views, and any other modules you want, you can build a good cross-section of Web 2.0 apps without coding. If you code, you can make it look however you want without breaking upgradeability. It gives you so much more for free, while being far easier to implement. Did I mention it also outperforms Rails by a wide margin, especially with APC installed. - r3zonance, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Firefox 2 performance 4919% faster, and it's still about half the speed of Safari 3 :D
- judofyr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ha! Klaus, I just wanted to digg you down :-)
- CircleFusion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I was communicating with the developer of JQuery Interface a few months ago because I needed drag and drop to work properly for a project at my work. He was really great in responding to me. He explained that he was working on a new version of interface that improved a lot of things, including drag and drop. The new version was in alpha testing when my project's deadline dramatically changed and I had to leave out drag and drop altogether from the project. I'm not sure where interface stands now, but I got the impression that it was only a few weeks away from beta testing. He told me he definitely planned for support on all of the major browsers.
You can also ask on the JQuery mailing list (google for it) for more info. - zwaldowski, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, I just added it in on my jQuery-based site. SLICK!!!!
If you read the post, you'll see that Gecko (Firefox, and Mozilla) has recieved an over 4000% INCREASE in speed. - cherouvim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1jQuery rocks!
- zwaldowski, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No, Digg won't put in the new library until the new system is revealed.
- jkramlich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome! Hopefully they fixed a nasty "Out of Memory" bug in IE7 whereby calling .submit() to a form with the validator would pop up an out of memory message but not really cause any problems.
- raeldc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm a convert of jQuery from MooTools. With jQuery, there are so many things you can do with very few lines of code. I reduced my Mootools code to 30% and it became more compatible with more browsers.
- chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3you know digg? (that's the site you're on). See all the little animations it does? that's jQuery.
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